---
search:
  tags:
    - Categories V2
    - POST
seo:
  description: >-
    Bulk-creates categories. Parent cycles are rejected like… Reference for the
    POST /api/v2/{team_slug}/{app_slug}/categories endpoint in the Management
    API v2.
sidebar:
  label: Create categories
  badge: POST
title: Create categories
type: openapi-operation
---
Bulk-creates categories. Parent cycles are rejected like v2 collections.

`POST /api/v2/{team_slug}/{app_slug}/categories`

**Request body** (`application/json`, required)

- `categories` (CreateCategoryItem[], required)

Request body example:

```json
{
  "categories": [
    {
      "name": "string",
      "slug": "string",
      "status": "string",
      "description": "string",
      "meta_title": "string",
      "meta_description": "string",
      "google_product_category_id": "string",
      "sort_order": 0,
      "parent_id": "1c6ca187-e61f-4301-8dcb-0e9749e89eef"
    }
  ]
}
```

**Responses**

- `201` — Created (partial success possible)
- `400` — Request-level failure
- `401` — Request-level failure
- `403` — Request-level failure
- `500` — Request-level failure

Response example, 201:

```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08",
      "name": "string",
      "slug": "string",
      "uri": "string",
      "status": "string",
      "description": "string",
      "seo": {
        "meta_title": "string",
        "meta_description": "string"
      },
      "parent_id": "1c6ca187-e61f-4301-8dcb-0e9749e89eef",
      "sort_order": 0,
      "cover_url": "string",
      "google_product_category_id": "string",
      "translations": {
        "slug": [
          {
            "id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08",
            "locale": "string",
            "value": "string"
          }
        ],
        "name": [
          {
            "id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08",
            "locale": "string",
            "value": "string"
          }
        ],
        "description": [
          {
            "id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08",
            "locale": "string",
            "value": "string"
          }
        ],
        "meta_title": [
          {
            "id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08",
            "locale": "string",
            "value": "string"
          }
        ],
        "meta_description": [
          {
            "id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08",
            "locale": "string",
            "value": "string"
          }
        ]
      },
      "children": [
        {}
      ],
      "redirects": [
        {
          "id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08",
          "item_id": "4d8cd62e-a579-4dae-af8c-3172f96f8f7c",
          "type": "category",
          "old_slug": "string",
          "new_slug": "string",
          "locale": "string"
        }
      ],
      "attributes": [
        {
          "id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08",
          "key": "string",
          "name": "string"
        }
      ],
      "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
      "updated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z"
    }
  ],
  "errors": [
    {
      "slug": "string",
      "parent_id": "1c6ca187-e61f-4301-8dcb-0e9749e89eef",
      "id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08",
      "message": "string"
    }
  ]
}
```