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Category → Get

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Summary

Retrieve a category by its ID from the Magento REST API.

Inputs

  • categoryId (required) — Category ID
  • websiteCode — Store view code for multi-store Magento instances (used in URL like /rest/{code}/V1/...). Options are loaded from your Magento store, but you can enter any custom store view code.
  • simplifyOutput — When enabled, flattens the response structure. Converts custom_attributes array to an object, flattens extension_attributes, and simplifies nested structures.

Output shape

The category resource returned by the Magento REST API. When simplifyOutput is true, custom_attributes are converted to an object named attributes and extension_attributes are flattened into top-level keys with an extension_ prefix.

Returned as the 'json' property of the node's output data item.

Examples

Example 1: Get category ID 5 with default store view and simplified output.

categoryId=5, simplifyOutput=true, websiteCode='' (default)

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