(Quick Reference)
Service: Save an item Category
Description: This web service is used to add a new item category object to the database
URL:
https://BASE_URL/api/VERSION/itemCategories
: POST
Request content type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded or multipart/form-data
Parameters:
| Name | Description | Type | Required | Example values |
|---|
| reference | the reference of the new item category | String | Yes | |
| name | the name of the new item category | String | Yes | |
| description | some details of the new category | String | No | |
| isActive | | Boolean | No | false |
| isGoodies | The default value is set to false | Boolean | No | true |
| isAsset | The default value is set to false | Boolean | No | false, true |
| isRoot | this parameter is used to declared if the new category is a root or not and by default it take false value | Boolean | No | false |
| parentId | the id of the parent | Long/String | | 2 |
| fileUpload | image specified to the new item category it can be jpg, gif, png, bmp | multipart | No | |
| displayOrder | the order of appearance of an item category | Integer | No | 5 |
| useExternalId | By default, it is set to false. set it to true if you want to use external ids. | Boolean | no | true , false |
reference must be unique
parentId is not required only if isRoot is set to true ,Or isRoot is set to false and there is exactly only one category in the database
Only one of those three attribute (isRoot,isGoodies,isAsset) can be set to true
Success Output
Success case: response.status=201
{
"id": 257,
"name": "new Cate",
"isRoot": false,
"isGoodiesCategory": false,
"isAsset":false,
"parentId": 255,
"parentCategory": {
"id": 255,
"reference": "R100",
"name": "Brigui",
"href": "/api/v1.0/itemCategories/255"
},
"reference": "RC-999",
"description": null,
"image": "BASE_URL/Lyon-1447055487659/photoItemCategory/1471513158851_forfix.png",
"organization": "Lyon",
"displayOrder": 9,
"isActive" : true,
"dateCreated": "2016-08-18T09:39:18Z",
"lastUpdated": "2016-08-18T09:39:18Z"
}To get resized images, add prefix
small_ or
medium_ to the link url before the image's name, for example:
<BASE_URL>/Lyon-1447055487659/photoItemCategory/medium_1471513158851_forfix.png
Failure Output
Failure case:response.status = 400
{
"error": "missing_param",
"error_description": "reference parameter is missing"
}{
"error": "not_unique",
"error_description": "reference already used"
}{
"error" : "invalid_param_type",
"error_description" : "An invalid value was specified for parameter: isRoot (must be a boolean: true or false)"
}{
"error": "exceeded_file_size",
"error_description": "image size should not exceed 2Mo"
}{
"error": "unsupported_file_type",
"error_description": "image format not supported."
}{
"error": "invalid_param_type",
"error_description": "An invalid value was specified for parameter: displayOrder (must be positive)"
}{
"error": "save_not_authorized",
"error_description": "the item category must be either a root category or an asset or a goodie"
}{
"error": "save_failed",
"error_description": "Failed to save instance"
} Failure case:response.status = 404
{
"error": "not_found",
"error_description": "The parent item category with the id null doesn't exist."
} Failure case:response.status = 500
{
"error": "server_error",
"error_description": "Oops! Something went wrong..."
}
