createCategory - Product Module Reference

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This documentation provides a reference to the createCategory method. This belongs to the Product Module.

This method is used to create a product category.

Example

import { 
  initialize as initializeProductModule,
} from "@medusajs/product"

async function createCategory (name: string, parent_category_id: string | null) {
  const productModule = await initializeProductModule()

  const category = await productModule.createCategory({
    name,
    parent_category_id
  })

  // do something with the product category or return it
}

Parameters

dataCreateProductCategoryDTORequired

The product category to be created.

sharedContextContext

A context used to share resources, such as transaction manager, between the application and the module.

Returns

PromisePromise<ProductCategoryDTO>Required

The created product category.