Update Category

PUT 
/api/categories/:category

Update an existing product category. Attribute groups and attributes are synced (replaced entirely if provided).

Required scope: products:write

Grant this scope to your token under Settings → Developer → Personal Access Tokens.

Authentication: Requires Bearer token.

Request body fields:

• name (optional) — category name; must be unique within the same parent
• parent_id (optional) — parent category ID
• attribute_groups (optional) — array of attribute group IDs to sync
• attributes (optional) — array of attribute IDs to sync

Requires permission: categories.update

Request

Responses

200

OK

Response Headers

Content-Type

401

Unauthenticated — the bearer token is missing, revoked, expired, or malformed. Never retry automatically; fix the credential. See the Errors guide.

403

Forbidden — the token lacks a required scope, the endpoint is not available to API tokens, or the user behind the token lacks the permission. A human must adjust the token scopes or user permissions; do not retry.

404

Not found — no record with the given identifier (or the route does not exist). Verify the ID before retrying.

422

Validation failed — the body is a field → messages map (Laravel shape) or the platform envelope with a stable machine-readable code. Fix the payload and resubmit.

429

Rate limited — platform limit is 1,000 requests/min; individual tokens may carry lower limits. Honor the Retry-After header before retrying. See the Rate Limits guide.