storage_id	varchar(30)	Storage ID in format "[type:bl|shop|warehouse]_[id:int]" (e.g. "shop_2445").
category_id	int	The category identifier to be provided for updates. Should be left blank when creating a new category.
name	varchar(200)	Category name
parent_id	int	The parent category identifier obtained previously at the output of the addCategory method. Categories should be added starting from the hierarchy root so that the child is always added after the parent (you need to know the parent ID to add the child). For the top level category, 0 should be given as parent_id.

The method returns the data in JSON format.

status	varchar(30)	SUCCESS - request executed correctly ERROR - an error occurred during an API request. Error details will be described in 2 additional returned fields: error_message and error_code
storage_id	varchar(30)	The identifier of the storage where the category has been added or modified in format "[type:bl|shop|warehouse]_[id:int]" (e.g. "shop_2445").
category_id	int	Number of a category added or updated in BaseLinker storage. In an external application you should create a link between the internal number and the number received here. It will later be used to update the added category. This number is also used in addProducts and deleteCategory methods.

Input data:
{ "storage_id": "bl_1", "name": "Shoes", "parent_id": 0 } Output data:
{ "status": "SUCCESS", "storage_id": "bl_1", "category_id": 543 } A sample request in PHP:
<?php $methodParams = '{ "storage_id": "bl_1", "name": "Shoes", "parent_id": 0 }'; $apiParams = [ "method" => "addCategory", "parameters" => $methodParams ]; $curl = curl_init("https://api.baselinker.com/connector.php"); curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POST, 1); curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["X-BLToken: xxx"]); curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, http_build_query($apiParams)); $response = curl_exec($curl);