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Module: Mage_Catalog

The Mage_Catalog module allows you to manage categories and products.

Resource Name: catalog_category

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Method:

Allows you to retrieve one level of categories by a website, a store view, or a parent category.

Aliases:

Arguments:

Type Name Description
string sessionId Session ID
string website Website ID or code (optional)
string storeView Store view ID or code (optional)
string parentCategory Parent category ID (optional)

Returns:

Type Name Description
array tree Array of CatalogCategoryEntitiesNoChildren

The CatalogCategoryEntitityNoChildren content is as follows:

Type Name Description
int category_id
Category ID
int parent_id
Parent category ID
string name
Category name
int is_active
Defines whether the category is active
int position
Category position
int level
Category level

Examples

Request Example SOAP V1
$client = new SoapClient('http://magentohost/api/soap/?wsdl');

// If somestuff requires API authentication,
// then get a session token
$session = $client->login('apiUser', 'apiKey');

$result = $client->call($session, 'catalog_category.level');
var_dump($result);

// If you don't need the session anymore
//$client->endSession($session);
Request Example SOAP V2
$proxy = new SoapClient('http://magentohost/api/v2_soap/?wsdl'); // TODO : change url
$sessionId = $proxy->login('apiUser', 'apiKey'); // TODO : change login and pwd if necessary
 
$result = $proxy->catalogCategoryLevel($sessionId);
var_dump($result);
Response Example SOAP V1
array
  0 =>
    array
      'category_id' => string '2' (length=1)
      'parent_id' => int 1
      'name' => string 'Default Category' (length=16)
      'is_active' => string '1' (length=1)
      'position' => string '1' (length=1)
      'level' => string '1' (length=1)
  1 =>
    array
      'category_id' => string '3' (length=1)
      'parent_id' => int 1
      'name' => string 'root_category' (length=13)
      'is_active' => string '1' (length=1)
      'position' => string '2' (length=1)
      'level' => string '1' (length=1)