POST api/Categories

Creates a new category

Request Information

URI Parameters

None.

Body Parameters

Name	Type	Additional information
ParentID	globally unique identifier	None.
Name	string	None.
Notes	string	None.

Request Formats

application/json, text/json

Sample:

{
  "ParentID": "860bb611-0517-4954-ae5b-42c43ca30103",
  "Name": "sample string 1",
  "Notes": "sample string 2"
}

application/xml, text/xml

Sample:

<CategoryValues xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/AdStore.Api.ViewModels">
  <Name>sample string 1</Name>
  <Notes>sample string 2</Notes>
  <ParentID>860bb611-0517-4954-ae5b-42c43ca30103</ParentID>
</CategoryValues>

application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Sample:

Sample not available.

multipart/form-data

Sample:

--MultipartDataMediaFormatterBoundary1q2w3e
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="ParentID"

860bb611-0517-4954-ae5b-42c43ca30103
--MultipartDataMediaFormatterBoundary1q2w3e
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="Name"

sample string 1
--MultipartDataMediaFormatterBoundary1q2w3e
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="Notes"

sample string 2
--MultipartDataMediaFormatterBoundary1q2w3e--

Response Information

Resource Description

CategoryDetail

Name	Type	Additional information
CategoryID	globally unique identifier	None.
Parent	CategoryPreview	None.
Children	Collection of CategoryPreview	None.
Operator	OperatorPreview	None.
Name	string	None.
Notes	string	None.
CreatedAt	date	None.
CreatedBy	string	None.
ModifiedAt	date	None.
ModifiedBy	string	None.

Response Formats

application/json, text/json

Sample:

{
  "CategoryID": "8bba729f-2a9f-492f-94cc-6ed1bd751b79",
  "Parent": {
    "CategoryID": "6064d382-38ef-4a50-9634-64f3e9f7b0d3",
    "ParentName": "sample string 2",
    "Name": "sample string 3"
  },
  "Children": [
    {
      "CategoryID": "6064d382-38ef-4a50-9634-64f3e9f7b0d3",
      "ParentName": "sample string 2",
      "Name": "sample string 3"
    },
    {
      "CategoryID": "6064d382-38ef-4a50-9634-64f3e9f7b0d3",
      "ParentName": "sample string 2",
      "Name": "sample string 3"
    }
  ],
  "Operator": {
    "OperatorID": "7ccb12cf-d04a-491e-a2c9-6255f32ef586",
    "ParentName": "sample string 2",
    "Name": "sample string 3",
    "Status": "InActive",
    "IetfLanguageTag": "sample string 4",
    "PhoneNumber": "sample string 5",
    "EmailAddress": "sample string 6",
    "LogoBlobUrl": "sample string 7"
  },
  "Name": "sample string 2",
  "Notes": "sample string 3",
  "CreatedAt": "2026-06-28T12:05:14.5056734Z",
  "CreatedBy": "sample string 5",
  "ModifiedAt": "2026-06-28T12:05:14.5056734Z",
  "ModifiedBy": "sample string 7"
}

application/xml, text/xml

Sample:

<CategoryDetail xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/AdStore.Api.ViewModels">
  <CategoryID>8bba729f-2a9f-492f-94cc-6ed1bd751b79</CategoryID>
  <Children>
    <CategoryPreview>
      <CategoryID>6064d382-38ef-4a50-9634-64f3e9f7b0d3</CategoryID>
      <Name>sample string 3</Name>
      <ParentName>sample string 2</ParentName>
    </CategoryPreview>
    <CategoryPreview>
      <CategoryID>6064d382-38ef-4a50-9634-64f3e9f7b0d3</CategoryID>
      <Name>sample string 3</Name>
      <ParentName>sample string 2</ParentName>
    </CategoryPreview>
  </Children>
  <CreatedAt>2026-06-28T12:05:14.5056734+00:00</CreatedAt>
  <CreatedBy>sample string 5</CreatedBy>
  <ModifiedAt>2026-06-28T12:05:14.5056734+00:00</ModifiedAt>
  <ModifiedBy>sample string 7</ModifiedBy>
  <Name>sample string 2</Name>
  <Notes>sample string 3</Notes>
  <Operator>
    <EmailAddress>sample string 6</EmailAddress>
    <IetfLanguageTag>sample string 4</IetfLanguageTag>
    <LogoBlobUrl>sample string 7</LogoBlobUrl>
    <Name>sample string 3</Name>
    <OperatorID>7ccb12cf-d04a-491e-a2c9-6255f32ef586</OperatorID>
    <ParentName>sample string 2</ParentName>
    <PhoneNumber>sample string 5</PhoneNumber>
    <Status>InActive</Status>
  </Operator>
  <Parent>
    <CategoryID>6064d382-38ef-4a50-9634-64f3e9f7b0d3</CategoryID>
    <Name>sample string 3</Name>
    <ParentName>sample string 2</ParentName>
  </Parent>
</CategoryDetail>

multipart/form-data

Sample:

--MultipartDataMediaFormatterBoundary1q2w3e
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="CategoryID"

8bba729f-2a9f-492f-94cc-6ed1bd751b79
--MultipartDataMediaFormatterBoundary1q2w3e
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="Parent.CategoryID"

6064d382-38ef-4a50-9634-64f3e9f7b0d3
--MultipartDataMediaFormatterBoundary1q2w3e
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="Parent.ParentName"

sample string 2
--MultipartDataMediaFormatterBoundary1q2w3e
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="Parent.Name"

sample string 3
--MultipartDataMediaFormatterBoundary1q2w3e
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="Children[0].CategoryID"

6064d382-38ef-4a50-9634-64f3e9f7b0d3
--MultipartDataMediaFormatterBoundary1q2w3e
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="Children[0].ParentName"

sample string 2
--MultipartDataMediaFormatterBoundary1q2w3e
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="Children[0].Name"

sample string 3
--MultipartDataMediaFormatterBoundary1q2w3e
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="Children[1].CategoryID"

6064d382-38ef-4a50-9634-64f3e9f7b0d3
--MultipartDataMediaFormatterBoundary1q2w3e
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="Children[1].ParentName"

sample string 2
--MultipartDataMediaFormatterBoundary1q2w3e
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="Children[1].Name"

sample string 3
--MultipartDataMediaFormatterBoundary1q2w3e
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="Operator.OperatorID"

7ccb12cf-d04a-491e-a2c9-6255f32ef586
--MultipartDataMediaFormatterBoundary1q2w3e
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="Operator.ParentName"

sample string 2
--MultipartDataMediaFormatterBoundary1q2w3e
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="Operator.Name"

sample string 3
--MultipartDataMediaFormatterBoundary1q2w3e
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="Operator.Status"

InActive
--MultipartDataMediaFormatterBoundary1q2w3e
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="Operator.IetfLanguageTag"

sample string 4
--MultipartDataMediaFormatterBoundary1q2w3e
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="Operator.PhoneNumber"

sample string 5
--MultipartDataMediaFormatterBoundary1q2w3e
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="Operator.EmailAddress"

sample string 6
--MultipartDataMediaFormatterBoundary1q2w3e
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="Operator.LogoBlobUrl"

sample string 7
--MultipartDataMediaFormatterBoundary1q2w3e
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="Name"

sample string 2
--MultipartDataMediaFormatterBoundary1q2w3e
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="Notes"

sample string 3
--MultipartDataMediaFormatterBoundary1q2w3e
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="CreatedAt"

2026-06-28T12:05:14.5056734+00:00
--MultipartDataMediaFormatterBoundary1q2w3e
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="CreatedBy"

sample string 5
--MultipartDataMediaFormatterBoundary1q2w3e
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="ModifiedAt"

2026-06-28T12:05:14.5056734+00:00
--MultipartDataMediaFormatterBoundary1q2w3e
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="ModifiedBy"

sample string 7
--MultipartDataMediaFormatterBoundary1q2w3e--