Update a category

curl --request PATCH \
  --url https://www.merchkit.com/api/v1/categories/{id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "attributes": {
    "department": "Dining"
  }
}
'

import requests

url = "https://www.merchkit.com/api/v1/categories/{id}"

payload = { "attributes": { "department": "Dining" } }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.patch(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'PATCH',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({attributes: {department: 'Dining'}})
};

fetch('https://www.merchkit.com/api/v1/categories/{id}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://www.merchkit.com/api/v1/categories/{id}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PATCH",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'attributes' => [
        'department' => 'Dining'
    ]
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://www.merchkit.com/api/v1/categories/{id}"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"attributes\": {\n    \"department\": \"Dining\"\n  }\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.patch("https://www.merchkit.com/api/v1/categories/{id}")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"attributes\": {\n    \"department\": \"Dining\"\n  }\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://www.merchkit.com/api/v1/categories/{id}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"attributes\": {\n    \"department\": \"Dining\"\n  }\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "data": {
    "id": "c41d09f3-2e85-47a6-b93c-d5f8e1a20c67",
    "type": "category",
    "label": "Dining Tables",
    "parent_id": null,
    "created_at": "2026-06-02T14:11:09Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-07-18T09:30:22Z",
    "attributes": {
      "category_name": "Dining Tables",
      "department": "Furniture"
    }
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "validation_failed",
    "message": "Unknown attribute key(s): colour.",
    "documentation_url": "https://docs.merchkit.com/developers/errors#validation_failed",
    "is_retriable": false,
    "retry_after_seconds": null,
    "alternative_action": "List valid attribute keys via GET /v1/attributes?type=product.",
    "request_id": "req_01j9x2k8",
    "field_errors": [
      {
        "field": "colour",
        "issue": "not_a_defined_attribute"
      }
    ]
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "validation_failed",
    "message": "Unknown attribute key(s): colour.",
    "documentation_url": "https://docs.merchkit.com/developers/errors#validation_failed",
    "is_retriable": false,
    "retry_after_seconds": null,
    "alternative_action": "List valid attribute keys via GET /v1/attributes?type=product.",
    "request_id": "req_01j9x2k8",
    "field_errors": [
      {
        "field": "colour",
        "issue": "not_a_defined_attribute"
      }
    ]
  }
}

PATCH

categories

{id}

Update a category

curl --request PATCH \
  --url https://www.merchkit.com/api/v1/categories/{id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "attributes": {
    "department": "Dining"
  }
}
'

import requests

url = "https://www.merchkit.com/api/v1/categories/{id}"

payload = { "attributes": { "department": "Dining" } }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.patch(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'PATCH',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({attributes: {department: 'Dining'}})
};

fetch('https://www.merchkit.com/api/v1/categories/{id}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://www.merchkit.com/api/v1/categories/{id}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PATCH",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'attributes' => [
        'department' => 'Dining'
    ]
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://www.merchkit.com/api/v1/categories/{id}"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"attributes\": {\n    \"department\": \"Dining\"\n  }\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.patch("https://www.merchkit.com/api/v1/categories/{id}")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"attributes\": {\n    \"department\": \"Dining\"\n  }\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://www.merchkit.com/api/v1/categories/{id}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"attributes\": {\n    \"department\": \"Dining\"\n  }\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "data": {
    "id": "c41d09f3-2e85-47a6-b93c-d5f8e1a20c67",
    "type": "category",
    "label": "Dining Tables",
    "parent_id": null,
    "created_at": "2026-06-02T14:11:09Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-07-18T09:30:22Z",
    "attributes": {
      "category_name": "Dining Tables",
      "department": "Furniture"
    }
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "validation_failed",
    "message": "Unknown attribute key(s): colour.",
    "documentation_url": "https://docs.merchkit.com/developers/errors#validation_failed",
    "is_retriable": false,
    "retry_after_seconds": null,
    "alternative_action": "List valid attribute keys via GET /v1/attributes?type=product.",
    "request_id": "req_01j9x2k8",
    "field_errors": [
      {
        "field": "colour",
        "issue": "not_a_defined_attribute"
      }
    ]
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "validation_failed",
    "message": "Unknown attribute key(s): colour.",
    "documentation_url": "https://docs.merchkit.com/developers/errors#validation_failed",
    "is_retriable": false,
    "retry_after_seconds": null,
    "alternative_action": "List valid attribute keys via GET /v1/attributes?type=product.",
    "request_id": "req_01j9x2k8",
    "field_errors": [
      {
        "field": "colour",
        "issue": "not_a_defined_attribute"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

required

Workspace-scoped API key. Available scopes:

read:products: List and read products, including variants, references, and completeness.
write:products: Create, update, and upsert products and their attribute values.
delete:products: Delete products.
read:images: List and read images.
write:images: Create, update, and upsert images and their attribute values.
delete:images: Delete images.
read:vendors: List and read vendors.
write:vendors: Create, update, and upsert vendors and their attribute values.
delete:vendors: Delete vendors.
read:categories: List and read categories.
write:categories: Create, update, and upsert categories and their attribute values.
delete:categories: Delete categories.
read:sources: List and read data sources, including scraped content.
write:sources: Create data sources (triggers processing) and update their attribute values.
delete:sources: Delete data sources.
read:attributes: List and read attribute definitions.
write:attributes: Create and update attribute definitions.
read:views: List and read saved grid views (MCP surface).
write:views: Create and update grid views (MCP surface).
read:channels: Read the enabled channel catalog.
read:events: Read the workspace change feed and per-entity events.
read:jobs: List and poll asynchronous job status.

Path Parameters

string<uuid>

required

The resource UUID.

Body

application/json

parent_id

string<uuid> | null

New parent id, or null to detach.

attributes

object

Map of attribute key → new value (sparse — only keys being written). Scalars set the value; null OR "" clears it (the key then disappears from reads). A single-reference key accepts a bare UUID string or an {id} object; a list-reference key accepts an array of either — list writes REPLACE the current set. Read stubs re-sent verbatim are valid writes (extra stub fields like type/label are ignored). Unknown keys are a 400; select values must be one of the attribute's acceptable_values.

Show child attributes

Response

The updated category (full resource).

data

object

The one shape for every entity read and mutation response. System fields live at the top level; every customer-defined key lives in attributes, so customer keys can never collide with system ones.

Show child attributes

Example:

{
  "id": "9b2f6c1e-8a04-4c6e-b0d3-5f2f6f7a9e21",
  "type": "product",
  "label": "Aria Oak Dining Table",
  "parent_id": null,
  "created_at": "2026-06-02T14:11:09Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-07-18T09:30:22Z",
  "attributes": {
    "sku": "ARIA-DT-72",
    "product_name": "Aria Oak Dining Table",
    "price": 1299,
    "material": "White Oak",
    "vendor": {
      "id": "77e1b2aa-6b3d-4f19-9d10-8c2a5e7f4b21",
      "type": "vendor",
      "label": "Nordic Timber Co."
    },
    "category": {
      "id": "c41d09f3-2e85-47a6-b93c-d5f8e1a20c67",
      "type": "category",
      "label": "Dining Tables"
    },
    "gallery_images": [
      {
        "id": "f0a1b2c3-d4e5-4f60-8a7b-9c0d1e2f3a4b",
        "type": "image",
        "label": "aria-hero.jpg"
      },
      {
        "id": "f0a2c3d4-e5f6-4a70-9b8c-0d1e2f3a4b5c",
        "type": "image",
        "label": "aria-detail.jpg"
      },
      {
        "id": "f0a3d4e5-f6a7-4b80-8c9d-1e2f3a4b5c6d",
        "type": "image",
        "label": "aria-side.jpg"
      },
      {
        "id": "f0a4e5f6-a7b8-4c90-9dae-2f3a4b5c6d7e",
        "type": "image",
        "label": "aria-lifestyle.jpg"
      },
      {
        "id": "f0a5f6a7-b8c9-4da0-8ebf-3a4b5c6d7e8f",
        "type": "image",
        "label": "aria-packshot.jpg"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Guides

API Reference

Update a category

Authorizations

Path Parameters

Body

Response