Module: Mage_Catalog
The Mage_Catalog module allows you to manage categories and products.
Resource Name: catalog_category
Aliases:
- category
Method:
- catalog_category.move (SOAP V1)
- catalogCategoryMove (SOAP V2)
Allows you to move the required category in the category tree.
Aliases:
- category.move
Arguments:
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| string | sessionId | Session ID |
| int | categoryId | ID of the category to be moved |
| int | parentId | ID of the new parent category |
| string | afterId | ID of the category after which the required category will be moved (optional for V1 and V2) |
Returns:
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| boolean | id | True if the category is moved |
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.move', array('categoryId' => '4', 'parentId' => '3'));
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 = $proxy->catalogCategoryMove($sessionId, '4', '3');
var_dump($result);
Request Example SOAP V2 (WS-I Compliance Mode)
$proxy = new SoapClient('http://magentohost/api/v2_soap/?wsdl');
$sessionId = $proxy->login((object)array('username' => 'apiUser', 'apiKey' => 'apiKey'));
$result = $proxy->catalogCategoryMove((object)array('sessionId' => $sessionId->result, 'categoryId' => '19', 'parentId' => '8', 'afterId' => '4'));
var_dump($result->result);
Note: Please make sure that you are not moving the category to any of its own children. There are no extra checks to prevent doing it through API, and you won’t be able to fix this from the admin interface later.