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# Product Categories

Organize configurable products into a hierarchy of categories. Each category has a localized name and a unique code, and can have a parent category and connected products.

Use categories to synchronize a catalogue navigation structure. Products provides the configurable product records; Product Groups serves sharing and embedding workflows.

### What you can do

| Task                              | Reference                                                                                                                  |
| --------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Find available product categories | [List Product Categories](https://help.mimeeq.com/developers/product-categories/list-product-categories)                   |
| Add a new product category        | [Create Product Category](https://help.mimeeq.com/developers/product-categories/create-product-category)                   |
| Read one product category         | [Get Product Category](https://help.mimeeq.com/developers/product-categories/get-product-category)                         |
| Change product category           | [Update Product Category](https://help.mimeeq.com/developers/product-categories/update-product-category)                   |
| Change product category products  | [Update Product Category Products](https://help.mimeeq.com/developers/product-categories/update-product-category-products) |
| Add Product Category Products     | [Add Product Category Products](https://help.mimeeq.com/developers/product-categories/add-product-category-products)       |
| Remove Product Category Products  | [Remove Product Category Products](https://help.mimeeq.com/developers/product-categories/remove-product-category-products) |

### Before you start

Your API key needs `productCategories:read` to read these resources. Use `productCategories:write` for write operations.

### Important behaviour

Create parent categories before assigning children. Manage connected products separately from general category settings: PUT replaces membership, POST adds members and the remove operation disconnects selected products. Preserve complete translation maps when changing a name. New categories are inactive by default.


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