Adobe Commerce 2.3 reached end of support in September 2022.

category query

The category query has been deprecated. Use the categoryList query instead.

The category query allows you to search for a single category definition or the entire category tree. To return multiple category levels in a single call, define the response so that it contains up to ten nested children options. You cannot return the entire category tree if it contains more than 10 sublevels unless the queryDepth parameter in the GraphQL di.xml file has been reconfigured.

Syntax

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category (
  id: int
): CategoryTree

Example usage

Return the category tree of a top-level category

The following query returns information about category ID 20 and four levels of subcategories. In the sample data, category ID 20 is assigned to the Women category.

Request:

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{
  category(id: 20) {
    products {
      total_count
      page_info {
        current_page
        page_size
      }
    }
    children_count
    children {
      id
      level
      name
      path
      children {
        id
        level
        name
        path
        children {
          id
          level
          name
          path
          children {
            id
            level
            name
            path
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Response:

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{
  "data": {
    "category": {
      "products": {
        "total_count": 0,
        "page_info": {
          "current_page": 1,
          "page_size": 20
        }
      },
      "children_count": "8",
      "children": [
        {
          "id": 22,
          "level": 3,
          "name": "Bottoms",
          "path": "1/2/20/22",
          "children": [
            {
              "id": 27,
              "level": 4,
              "name": "Pants",
              "path": "1/2/20/22/27",
              "children": []
            },
            {
              "id": 28,
              "level": 4,
              "name": "Shorts",
              "path": "1/2/20/22/28",
              "children": []
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": 21,
          "level": 3,
          "name": "Tops",
          "path": "1/2/20/21",
          "children": [
            {
              "id": 23,
              "level": 4,
              "name": "Jackets",
              "path": "1/2/20/21/23",
              "children": []
            },
            {
              "id": 24,
              "level": 4,
              "name": "Hoodies & Sweatshirts",
              "path": "1/2/20/21/24",
              "children": []
            },
            {
              "id": 25,
              "level": 4,
              "name": "Tees",
              "path": "1/2/20/21/25",
              "children": []
            },
            {
              "id": 26,
              "level": 4,
              "name": "Bras & Tanks",
              "path": "1/2/20/21/26",
              "children": []
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Return breadcrumb information

The following query returns breadcrumb information about the women’s Tops category (id = 25).

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{
  category (
   id: 25
) {
    id
    level
    name
    breadcrumbs {
      category_id
      category_name
      category_level
      category_url_key
      category_url_path
    }
  }
}

Response:

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{
  "data": {
    "category": {
      "id": 25,
      "level": 4,
      "name": "Tees",
      "breadcrumbs": [
        {
          "category_id": 20,
          "category_name": "Women",
          "category_level": 2,
          "category_url_key": "women",
          "category_url_path": "women"
        },
        {
          "category_id": 21,
          "category_name": "Tops",
          "category_level": 3,
          "category_url_key": "tops-women",
          "category_url_path": "women/tops-women"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Input attributes

Attribute Data type Description
id Int The category ID to use as the starting point of your category search

Output attributes

The query returns a CategoryTree object, which implements CategoryInterface. The CategoryTree object can contain the following attribute, as we as all attributes defined in CategoryInterface:

Attribute Data type Description
children CategoryTree An array containing the next level of subcategories. By default, you can specify up to 10 levels of child categories

Errors

Error Description
Category doesn't exist The specified category ID value does not exist.
Field "category" argument "id" requires type Int, found "XXX" The specified id argument value has the wrong type.