# Product categories

## Get all product categories

Returns all categories of products. Note this operation uses [Pagination](/connector-api/guidelines/pagination.md) and supports [Portfolio Access Tokens](/connector-api/concepts/multi-property.md).

### Request

`[PlatformAddress]/api/connector/v1/productCategories/getAll`

```javascript
{
  "ClientToken": "E0D439EE522F44368DC78E1BFB03710C-D24FB11DBE31D4621C4817E028D9E1D",
  "AccessToken": "C66EF7B239D24632943D115EDE9CB810-EA00F8FD8294692C940F6B5A8F9453D",
  "Client": "Sample Client 1.0.0",
  "EnterpriseIds": [
    "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
    "4d0201db-36f5-428b-8d11-4f0a65e960cc"
  ],
  "ProductCategoryIds": [
    "5228623e-b2cf-4f9f-8bd6-71cbe3ec5e6f",
    "63bc87d3-edf5-4d06-a601-6052a2ad709d"
  ],
  "ServiceIds": [
    "9b3a6c54-63aa-4383-b50e-b0030078184b",
    "c0f71466-6c0b-4993-88ac-1794f6b7e958"
  ],
  "UpdatedUtc": {
    "StartUtc": "2023-05-05T00:00:00Z",
    "EndUtc": "2023-05-10T00:00:00Z"
  },
  "Limitation": {
    "Count": 10
  }
}
```

| Property             | Type                                                                 | Contract                      | Description                                                                                                                               |
| -------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `ClientToken`        | string                                                               | required                      | Token identifying the client application.                                                                                                 |
| `AccessToken`        | string                                                               | required                      | Access token of the client application.                                                                                                   |
| `Client`             | string                                                               | required                      | Name and version of the client application.                                                                                               |
| `EnterpriseIds`      | array of string                                                      | optional, max 1000 items      | Unique identifiers of the Enterprises. If not specified, the operation returns data for all enterprises within scope of the Access Token. |
| `ProductCategoryIds` | array of string                                                      | optional, max 1000 items      | Unique identifiers of `ProductCategory`.                                                                                                  |
| `ServiceIds`         | array of string                                                      | required, max 1000 items      | Unique identifiers of `Service` to which the product categories belong.                                                                   |
| `UpdatedUtc`         | [Time interval](/connector-api/operations/_objects.md#time-interval) | optional, max length 3 months | Interval in which the product categories were updated.                                                                                    |
| `Limitation`         | [Limitation](/connector-api/guidelines/pagination.md#limitation)     | required                      | Limitation on the quantity of data returned and optional Cursor for the starting point of data.                                           |

### Response

```javascript
{
  "ProductCategories": [
    {
      "Id": "5c0804f9-d03a-4b13-a57d-b00300781a41",
      "ServiceId": "9b3a6c54-63aa-4383-b50e-b0030078184b",
      "Names": {
        "en-US": "Alcohol 1"
      },
      "ShortNames": {
        "en-US": "Alcohol 1"
      },
      "Descriptions": {},
      "ParentProductCategory": [
        {
          "Id": "0b82f6d8-e5eb-4711-9069-40db2b8d968f"
        },
        {
          "Names": {
            "en-US": "Alcoholic beverages"
          }
        }
      ],
      "CreatedUtc": "2023-06-09T13:32:32Z",
      "UpdatedUtc": "2023-06-09T13:32:32Z",
      "Ordering": 1
    },
    {
      "Id": "f0709b02-f1a4-46b2-9c1e-744b5ecd6980",
      "ServiceId": "9b3a6c54-63aa-4383-b50e-b0030078184b",
      "Names": {
        "en-US": "Lemonade 1"
      },
      "ShortNames": {
        "en-US": "Lemonade 1"
      },
      "Descriptions": {},
      "ParentProductCategory": [
        {
          "Id": "aa4f3930-3f9d-4df7-9c6b-5aba5b2f6f7e"
        },
        {
          "Names": {
            "en-US": "Lemonades"
          }
        }
      ],
      "CreatedUtc": "2023-06-09T13:32:32Z",
      "UpdatedUtc": "2023-06-09T13:32:32Z",
      "Ordering": 1
    }
  ],
  "Cursor": "f0709b02-f1a4-46b2-9c1e-744b5ecd6980"
}
```

| Property            | Type                                           | Contract                 | Description                                                                                                                                                      |
| ------------------- | ---------------------------------------------- | ------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `ProductCategories` | array of [Product category](#product-category) | required, max 1000 items | Product categories.                                                                                                                                              |
| `Cursor`            | string                                         | optional                 | Unique identifier of the last product category returned. This can be used in `Limitation` in a subsequent request to fetch the next batch of product categories. |

#### Product category

| Property                | Type                                                                   | Contract | Description                                                                                                                                |
| ----------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `Id`                    | string                                                                 | required | Unique identifier of the product category.                                                                                                 |
| `EnterpriseId`          | string                                                                 | required | Unique identifier of the enterprise to which the product category belongs.                                                                 |
| `ServiceId`             | string                                                                 | required | Unique identifier of the `Service` of the resource category.                                                                               |
| `Names`                 | [Localized text](/connector-api/operations/_objects.md#localized-text) | required | All translations of the name.                                                                                                              |
| `ShortNames`            | [Localized text](/connector-api/operations/_objects.md#localized-text) | required | All translations of the short name.                                                                                                        |
| `Descriptions`          | [Localized text](/connector-api/operations/_objects.md#localized-text) | required | All translations of the description.                                                                                                       |
| `ParentProductCategory` | [Parent product category](#parent-product-category)                    | optional | Parent product category, if set.                                                                                                           |
| `UpdatedUtc`            | string                                                                 | required | Date and time of the product category update in UTC timezone in ISO 8601 format.                                                           |
| `CreatedUtc`            | string                                                                 | required | Date and time of the product category creation in UTC timezone in ISO 8601 format.                                                         |
| `Ordering`              | integer                                                                | required | Ordering of the category, lower number corresponds to lower category (note that neither uniqueness nor continuous sequence is guaranteed). |

#### Parent product category

| Property | Type                                                                   | Contract | Description                                |
| -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| `Id`     | string                                                                 | required | Unique identifier of the product category. |
| `Names`  | [Localized text](/connector-api/operations/_objects.md#localized-text) | required | All translations of the name.              |


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