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Retrieve a category

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get /rest/api/categories/{id}

Retrieves a Category resource.

Returns a single category by id, including its parent, childrens, products and attributes.

Headers

NameTypeRequiredDescription
X-Flowkiwi-Organization-IdstringrequiredThe organization the request acts as. Determines the identity, permissions and ownership applied when reading or modifying data on the instance.
X-Flowkiwi-Localestring-Specifies the locale for properties that support localization. If not provided, the default locale will be used.
X-Flowkiwi-Locale-Fallbackboolean-Enables the use of a fallback locale. If a property lacks a translation for the requested locale, the value from the default locale will be used.

Path parameters

NameTypeRequiredDescription
idstringrequiredCategory identifier

Query parameters

NameTypeRequiredDescription
expandstring-Comma-separated list of relations to embed as full objects instead of IRI strings. Supported values: parent (embeds the direct parent, max 1 level - grand-parents stay as IRIs), children (embeds direct children, max 1 level - grand-children stay as IRIs). Tokens are independent; unknown values are silently ignored.

Response

200 - Category resource

PropertyTypeRequiredDescription
@contextobject-
@idstringrequired
@typestringrequired
idstring-The resource's unique identifier (UUID).
statusstring-The status of the category.
namestring | null-This property supports translations.

The name of the category.
parentstring | null-The parent Category to which this category belongs, if any. Serialized as IRI string by default; pass ?expand=parent to embed the direct parent (one level only).
productsstring[]-List of products associated with the category.
childrensstring[]-A list of direct child Category, each one representing a category under this one. Serialized as IRI strings by default; pass ?expand=children to embed direct children (one level only).
attributesstring[]-List of attributes associated with the category.
createdAtstring-Creation date of the resource (ISO 8601 format).
updatedAtstring-Last modification date of the resource (ISO 8601 format).

Errors

403 - Access denied. The caller is missing one or more identity permissions required for this operation.

Content-Type: application/problem+json

PropertyTypeRequiredDescription
@contextobject-
@idstringrequired
@typestringrequired
typestring-
titlestring-
statusinteger-
detailstring-
missingPermissionsstring[]-Identity permissions that the caller is missing for this operation. Present only when the 403 is caused by a denied identity:* permission.

404 - Not found

PropertyTypeRequiredDescription
@contextobject-
@idstringrequired
@typestringrequired
titlestring | null-A short, human-readable summary of the problem.
detailstring | null-A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem.
statusnumber | null-
instancestring | null-A URI reference that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem. It may or may not yield further information if dereferenced.
typestring-A URI reference that identifies the problem type