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Category Delete

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Module: Mage_Catalog

The Mage_Catalog module allows you to manage categories and products.

Resource Name: catalog_category

Aliases:

Method:

Allows you to delete the required category.

Aliases:

Arguments:

Type Name Description
string sessionId Session ID
int categoryId ID of the category to be deleted

Returns:

Type Description
boolean True if the category is deleted

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.delete', '7');
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 = $proxy->catalogCategoryDelete($sessionId, '7');
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->catalogCategoryDelete((object)array('sessionId' => $sessionId->result, 'categoryId' => '7'));
var_dump($result->result);