dynamics_itemcategory_create.md

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CREATE itemCategories	Creates a itemCategory object in Dynamics 365 Business Central.	SusanneWindfeldPedersen	reference	al	05/31/2024	solsen	solsen

Create itemCategories

[!INCLUDEapi_v2_note]

Create an item category object [!INCLUDEprod_short].

HTTP request

Replace the URL prefix for [!INCLUDEprod_short] depending on environment following the guideline.

POST businesscentralPrefix/companies({id})/itemCategories
POST businesscentralPrefix/companies({id})/items(id)/itemCategory({id})

Request headers

Header	Value
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required.
Content-Type	application/json
If-Match	Required. When this request header is included and the eTag provided does not match the current tag on the itemCategory, the itemCategory will not be updated.

Request body

In the request body, supply a JSON representation of an itemCategories object.

Response

If successful, this method returns 201 Created response code and an itemCategories object in the response body.

Example

Request

Here is an example of a request.

POST https://{businesscentralPrefix}/api/v2.0/companies({id})/itemCategories
Content-type: application/json

{
  "code": "CHAIR",
  "displayName": "Office Chair"
}

Response

Here is an example of the response.

Note

The response object shown here may be truncated for brevity. All of the properties will be returned from an actual call.

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-type: application/json

{
    "id": "dd1a6a90-44e3-ea11-bb43-000d3a2feca1",
    "code": "CHAIR",
    "displayName": "Office Chair",
    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2020-08-21T00:24:31.777Z"
}

See also

Tips for working with the APIs
itemcategory
Get itemcategory
Delete itemcategory
Update itemcategory