Bulk Update Categories

Updates multiple categories simultaneously in a single bulk operation. Supports partial updates for up to 50 categories per request, including name, slug, parent, status, translations, and sort order modifications.

PATCH/api/v1/{team_slug}/{app_slug}/categories/bulk

API: Management
OpenAPI: management-api
Updated: Apr 26, 2026

management-api:PATCH:/api/v1/{team_slug}/{app_slug}/categories/bulk

API ownership

API family: Management API
Best for: Trusted back-office workflows that create, update, organize, or delete merchant-owned data.
Do not use from: Browser-only storefront code or public clients.
Guide route: /apis/management/latest

The OpenAPI contract defines the method, path, parameters, request body, and responses for this operation.

Operation

Method: PATCH
Path: /api/v1/\{team_slug\}/\{app_slug\}/categories/bulk
Summary: Bulk Update Categories
Description: Updates multiple categories simultaneously in a single bulk operation. Supports partial updates for up to 50 categories per request, including name, slug, parent, status, translations, and sort order modifications.
OpenAPI contract: management-api
Operation ID: Not documented in the OpenAPI contract.

Operation key uses API family, method, and path because this OpenAPI contract does not publish an operation ID.

Parameters2 parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
team_slug	path	Yes	string	Team slug
app_slug	path	Yes	string	App slug

Request bodyDocumented body

Required: Yes
Description: Categories data to update
Content: application/json (object)

Bulk Patch Categories Payload

Property	Type	Required	Details
`categories`	object[]	Yes	maxItems: 50

Bulk Patch Category Item

Property	Type	Required	Details
`childless`	boolean	No	-
`cover_id`	string	No	-
`google_product_category_id`	string	No	-
`id`	string	Yes	-
`name`	string	No	-
`parent_id`	string	No	-
`slug`	string	No	-
`sort_order`	integer	No	min: 0
`status`	enum("active", "draft", "inactive")	No	-
`translations`	object	No	-

Category Translations

Property	Type	Required	Details
`name`	object[]	No	-
`slug`	object[]	No	-

Generated example (synthetic):

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "childless": false,
      "cover_id": "string",
      "google_product_category_id": "string",
      "id": "string",
      "name": "string",
      "parent_id": "string",
      "slug": "string",
      "sort_order": 0,
      "status": "active",
      "translations": {
        "name": [],
        "slug": []
      }
    }
  ]
}

Responses4 statuses

Status	Description	Content
200	Categories updated successfully	application/json (object)
400	Invalid request	application/json (object)
401	Unauthorized access	application/json (object)
500	Internal server error	application/json (object)

200 - object

Bulk Patch Categories Response

Property	Type	Required	Details
`data`	object	No	-
`details`	string[]	No	Additional contextual information about the response. Used to provide supplementary details beyond the main data payload, such as validation warnings or processing notes
`success`	boolean	No	-

Bulk Patch Categories

Property	Type	Required	Details
`failed`	object[]	No	-
`successful`	object[]	No	-

Bulk Patch Failed Update

Property	Type	Required	Details
`id`	string	No	-
`reason`	string	No	-

Category

Property	Type	Required	Details
`attributes`	object[]	No	-
`children`	object[]	No	-
`cover_url`	string	No	-
`created_at`	string	No	-
`google_product_category_id`	string	No	-
`id`	string	No	-
`name`	string	No	-
`parent_id`	string	No	-
`redirects`	object[]	No	-
`slug`	string	No	-
`sort_order`	integer	No	Used for ordering categories themselves
`status`	string	No	-
`translations`	object	No	-
`updated_at`	string	No	-
`uri`	string	No	-

Generated example (synthetic):

{
  "data": {
    "failed": [
      {
        "id": "string",
        "reason": "string"
      }
    ],
    "successful": [
      {
        "attributes": [],
        "children": [],
        "cover_url": "string",
        "created_at": "string",
        "google_product_category_id": "string",
        "id": "string",
        "name": "string",
        "parent_id": "string",
        "redirects": [],
        "slug": "string",
        "sort_order": 0,
        "status": "string",
        "translations": {
          "name": null,
          "slug": null
        },
        "updated_at": "string",
        "uri": "string"
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": [
    "string"
  ],
  "success": false
}

400 - object

Error Message

Property	Type	Required	Details
`details`	string[]	No	-
`message`	string	No	-
`success`	boolean	No	-

Generated example (synthetic):

{
  "details": [
    "string"
  ],
  "message": "string",
  "success": false
}

401 - object

Error Message

Property	Type	Required	Details
`details`	string[]	No	-
`message`	string	No	-
`success`	boolean	No	-

Generated example (synthetic):

{
  "details": [
    "string"
  ],
  "message": "string",
  "success": false
}

500 - object

Error Message

Property	Type	Required	Details
`details`	string[]	No	-
`message`	string	No	-
`success`	boolean	No	-

Generated example (synthetic):

{
  "details": [
    "string"
  ],
  "message": "string",
  "success": false
}

Contract identity

Use these fields to confirm you are implementing the intended endpoint contract.

API family: Management API
Method: PATCH
Path: /api/v1/\{team_slug\}/\{app_slug\}/categories/bulk
Operation ID: Not documented in the OpenAPI contract.
OpenAPI tag: Categories, Bulk
OpenAPI summary: Bulk Update Categories