Category Update

Module: Mage_Catalog

The Mage_Catalog module allows you to manage categories and products.

Resource Name: catalog_category

Aliases:

category

Method:

catalog_category.update (SOAP V1)
catalogCategoryUpdate (SOAP V2)

Update the required category. Note that you should specify only those parameters which you want to be updated.

Aliases:

category.update

Arguments:

Type	Name	Description
string	sessionId	Session ID
int	categoryId	ID of the category to be updated
array	categoryData	An array of catalogCategoryEntityCreate
string	storeView	Store view ID or code (optional)

Returns:

Type	Description
boolean	True if the category is updated

The catalogCategoryEntityCreate content is as follows:

Type	Name	Description
string	name	Name of the category to be updated
int	is_active	Defines whether the category is visible in the frontend
int	position	Position of the category to be updated
arrayOfString	available_sort_by	All available options by which products in the category can be sorted
string	custom_design	The custom design for the category
int	custom_apply_to_products	Apply the custom design to all products assigned to the category
string	custom_design_from	Date starting from which the custom design will be applied to the category
string	custom_design_to	Date till which the custom design will be applied to the category
string	custom_layout_update	Custom layout update
string	default_sort_by	The default option by which products in the category are sorted
string	description	Category description
string	display_mode	Content that will be displayed on the category view page
int	is_anchor	Defines whether the category will be anchored
int	landing_page	Landing page
string	meta_description	Category meta description
string	meta_keywords	Category meta keywords
string	meta_title	Category meta title
string	page_layout	Type of page layout that the category should use
string	url_key	A relative URL path which can be entered in place of the standard target path
int	include_in_menu	Defines whether the category is visible on the top menu bar in the frontend
string	filter_price_range	Price range of each price level displayed in the layered navigation block
int	custom_use_parent_settings	Defines whether the category will inherit custom design settings of the category to which it is assigned. 1 - Yes, 0 - No

Faults:
No Faults

Examples

Request Example SOAP V1

$client = new SoapClient('http://magentohost/api/soap/?wsdl');

// If some stuff requires API authentication,
// then get a session token
$session = $client->login('apiUser', 'apiKey');
$result = $client->call($session, 'catalog_category.update', array(23, array(
    'name' => 'Category name',
    'is_active' => 1,
    'position' => 1,
    //<!-- position parameter is deprecated, category anyway will be positioned in the end of list
    //and you can not set position directly, use catalog_category.move instead -->
    'available_sort_by' => 'position',
    'custom_design' => null,
    'custom_apply_to_products' => null,
    'custom_design_from' => null,
    'custom_design_to' => null,
    'custom_layout_update' => null,
    'default_sort_by' => 'position',
    'description' => 'Category description',
    'display_mode' => null,
    'is_anchor' => 0,
    'landing_page' => null,
    'meta_description' => 'Category meta description',
    'meta_keywords' => 'Category meta keywords',
    'meta_title' => 'Category meta title',
    'page_layout' => 'two_columns_left',
    'url_key' => 'url-key',
    'include_in_menu' => 1,
)));

var_dump ($result);

Request Example SOAP V2

$client = new SoapClient('http://magentohost/api/v2_soap/?wsdl');

// If some stuff requires API authentication,
// then get a session token
$session = $client->login('apiUser', 'apiKey');
$result = $client->catalogCategoryUpdate($session, 23, array(
    'name' => 'Category name 2',
    'is_active' => 1,
    'position' => 1,
    //<!-- position parameter is deprecated, category anyway will be positioned in the end of list
    //and you can not set position directly, use catalog_category.move instead -->
    'available_sort_by' => array('position'),
    'custom_design' => null,
    'custom_apply_to_products' => null,
    'custom_design_from' => null,
    'custom_design_to' => null,
    'custom_layout_update' => null,
    'default_sort_by' => 'position',
    'description' => 'Category description',
    'display_mode' => null,
    'is_anchor' => 0,
    'landing_page' => null,
    'meta_description' => 'Category meta description',
    'meta_keywords' => 'Category meta keywords',
    'meta_title' => 'Category meta title',
    'page_layout' => 'two_columns_left',
    'url_key' => 'url-key',
    'include_in_menu' => 1,
));

var_dump ($result);

Request Example SOAP V2 (WS-I Compliance Mode)

$proxy = new SoapClient('http://magentohost/api/v2_soap/?wsdl');

$sessionId = $proxy->login((object)array('username' => 'apiUser', 'apiKey' => 'apiKey'));

$result = $proxy->catalogCategoryUpdate((object)array('sessionId' => $sessionId->result, 'categoryId' => '23', 'categoryData' => ((object)array(
    'name' => 'Category Name Updated',
    'is_active' => '1',
    'position' => '1',
    'available_sort_by' => array('name'),
    'default_sort_by' => 'name',
    'description' => 'Category description',
    'is_anchor' => '1',
    'include_in_menu' => '1'
))));
var_dump($result->result);