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Category Custom Fields

A custom field allows the store owner/merchant to expand their experience and control their own business through personalized and unique custom fields for categories.

Properties​

PropertyExplanationTypeRequired
idThe unique universal identifier for the custom fieldUUIDfalse
nameName of the custom fieldStringtrue
descriptionDescription of the custom fieldStringfalse
value_typeCustom field type (text_list, text, numeric, date)Enumtrue
owner_resourceCustom field owner (category)Stringtrue
read_onlyIf set to true, it restricts the association of the custom field by merchants via the administrator panel, the merchant can only read the value associated with the custom field. (default value is false)Booleanfalse
valuesA list of all values for a custom field (for value_type text_list only, for other types can be an empty array)Arraytrue

Endpoints​

POST /categories/custom-fields​

Create a new custom field

POST /categories/custom-fields​

{
  "name": "Material type",
  "description": "Material type of this category products",
  "value_type": "text_list",
  "read_only": false,
  "values": ["Cotton", "Linen"]
}

HTTP/1.1 201 CREATED

{
  "id": "e0a56bef-91d0-45f7-a70d-6b9264c85e8c",
  "name": "Material type",
  "description": "Material type of this category products",
  "value_type": "text_list",
  "read_only": false,
  "owner_resource": "category",
  "values": [
    {
      "value": "Cotton",
      "created": true
    },
    {
      "value": "Linen",
      "created": true
    }
  ]
}

HTTP/1.1 201 CREATED - When some value returns error

{
  "id": "e0a56bef-91d0-45f7-a70d-6b9264c85e8c",
  "name": "Material type",
  "description": "Material type of this category products",
  "value_type": "text_list",
  "read_only": false,
  "owner_resource": "category",
  "values": [
    {
      "value": "Cotton",
      "created": true
    },
    {
      "value": "Linen",
      "created": false,
      "error": "The custom field value with key <Linen> is duplicated"
    }
  ]
}

GET /categories/custom-fields​

Return a list of all categories custom fields

GET /categories/custom-fields​

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

[
  {
    "id": "e0a56bef-91d0-45f7-a70d-6b9264c85e8c",
    "name": "Material type",
    "description": "Material type of this category products",
    "value_type": "text_list",
    "read_only": false,
    "owner_resource": "category",
    "values": ["Cotton", "Linen"]
  },
  {
    "id": "e3cd25ae-0b6e-4a37-9c53-86f06ee604b8",
    "name": "General observations",
    "description": "",
    "value_type": "text",
    "read_only": false,
    "owner_resource": "category",
    "values": []
  }
]

PUT /categories/custom-fields/{id}​

Update the custom field values

PUT /categories/custom-fields/e0a56bef-91d0-45f7-a70d-6b9264c85e8c​

{
  "values": ["Silk"]
}

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

{
  "id": "e0a56bef-91d0-45f7-a70d-6b9264c85e8c",
  "name": "Material type",
  "description": "Material type of this category products",
  "value_type": "text_list",
  "read_only": false,
  "owner_resource": "category",
  "values": [
    {
      "value": "Cotton",
      "created": true
    },
    {
      "value": "Linen",
      "created": true
    },
    {
      "value": "Silk",
      "created": true
    }
  ]
}

PUT /categories/{id}/custom-fields/values​

Update a value associated with a category.

PUT /categories/1234567/custom-fields/values​

[
  {
    "id": "e0a56bef-91d0-45f7-a70d-6b9264c85e8c",
    "value": "Cotton"
  }
]

HTTP/1.1 204 NO CONTENT

{}

GET /categories/{id}/custom-fields​

List custom fields associated with a specific category

GET /categories/1234567/custom-fields​

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

[
  {
    "id": "e0a56bef-91d0-45f7-a70d-6b9264c85e8c",
    "name": "Material type",
    "owner_resource": "category",
    "value_type": "text_list",
    "source": "app",
    "description": "Material type of this category products",
    "read_only": false,
    "value": "Cotton"
  }
]

GET /categories/custom-fields/{id}/owners​

List categories associated with a specific custom field

GET /categories/custom-fields/e0a56bef-91d0-45f7-a70d-6b9264c85e8c/owners​

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

{
  "id": "e0a56bef-91d0-45f7-a70d-6b9264c85e8c",
  "name": "Material type",
  "description": "Material type of this category products",
  "value_type": "text_list",
  "read_only": false,
  "owner_resource": "category",
  "values": [
    {
      "value": "Cotton",
      "created": true
    },
    {
      "value": "Linen",
      "created": true
    },
    {
      "value": "Silk",
      "created": true
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    {
      "id": 1234567,
      "value": "Cotton"
    }
  ]
}

GET /categories/custom-fields/{id}​

List the data of a given category custom field

GET /categories/custom-fields/e0a56bef-91d0-45f7-a70d-6b9264c85e8c​

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

{
  "id": "e0a56bef-91d0-45f7-a70d-6b9264c85e8c",
  "name": "Material type",
  "owner_resource": "category",
  "value_type": "text_list",
  "source": "app",
  "description": "Material type of this category products",
  "read_only": false,
  "created_at": "2023-10-10T18:03:14+0000",
  "updated_at": "2023-10-10T18:03:14+0000",
  "values": [
      "Cotton",
      "Linen",
      "Silk"
  ]
}

DELETE /categories/custom-fields/{id}​

Delete a custom field

DELETE /categories/custom-fields/e0a56bef-91d0-45f7-a70d-6b9264c85e8c​

HTTP/1.1 204 NO CONTENT

{}

FAQ​

How to associate or disassociate a custom-field with a specific category?

In this case, the endpoint PUT categories/{category_id}/custom-fields/values (link with documentation) should be used, which allows to create or remove custom-field associations.

If you would like to create new custom-field associations, the following body should be sent:

[
    {
        "id": "e0a56bef-91d0-45f7-a70d-6b9264c85e8c",
        "value": "Cotton"
    },
    {
        "id": "e3cd25ae-0b6e-4a37-9c53-86f06ee604b8",
        "value": "Great material"
    }
]

If you would like to remove a single custom-field association, the following body should be sent:

[
    {
        "id": "e0a56bef-91d0-45f7-a70d-6b9264c85e8c",
        "value": null
    }
]

On the other hand, if a custom-field have two associations and you would like to remove all of them, the following body should be sent:

[
    {
        "id": "e0a56bef-91d0-45f7-a70d-6b9264c85e8c",
        "value": null
    },
    {
        "id": "e3cd25ae-0b6e-4a37-9c53-86f06ee604b8",
        "value": null
    }
]

Important: the custom-field must already be created for the entity.

It's possible to delete all custom-fields with the DELETE endpoint?

Only those created by own App. Custom-fields created by another App or by the merchant can't be deleted.

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