POST Api/v{apiVersion}/Categories

Creates a new category

Request Information

URI Parameters

Name	Description	Type	Additional information
apiVersion		string	None.

Body Parameters

CategoryValues

Name	Type	Additional information
MediumType	MediumType	None.
Name	string	None.
Status	CategoryStatus	None.
Notes	string	None.

Request Formats

application/json, text/json

Sample:

{
  "MediumType": "Print",
  "Name": "sample string 1",
  "Status": "InActive",
  "Notes": "sample string 2"
}

application/xml, text/xml

Sample:

<CategoryValues xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Hier.Api.ViewModels">
  <MediumType>Print</MediumType>
  <Name>sample string 1</Name>
  <Notes>sample string 2</Notes>
  <Status>InActive</Status>
</CategoryValues>

application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Sample:

Sample not available.

multipart/form-data

Sample:

--MultipartDataMediaFormatterBoundary1q2w3e
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="MediumType"

Print
--MultipartDataMediaFormatterBoundary1q2w3e
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="Name"

sample string 1
--MultipartDataMediaFormatterBoundary1q2w3e
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="Status"

InActive
--MultipartDataMediaFormatterBoundary1q2w3e
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="Notes"

sample string 2
--MultipartDataMediaFormatterBoundary1q2w3e--

Response Information

Resource Description

CategoryDetails

Name	Type	Additional information
CategoryID	globally unique identifier	None.
MediumType	MediumType	None.
Name	string	None.
Status	CategoryStatus	None.
Notes	string	None.
CreatedAt	date	None.
CreatedBy	string	None.
ModifiedAt	date	None.
ModifiedBy	string	None.

Response Formats

application/json, text/json

Sample:

{
  "CategoryID": "a8a436d7-e5ce-4b72-8a66-bb491d4e3086",
  "MediumType": "Print",
  "Name": "sample string 2",
  "Status": "InActive",
  "Notes": "sample string 3",
  "CreatedAt": "2026-01-15T14:13:04.0632175Z",
  "CreatedBy": "sample string 5",
  "ModifiedAt": "2026-01-15T14:13:04.0632175Z",
  "ModifiedBy": "sample string 7"
}

application/xml, text/xml

Sample:

<CategoryDetails xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/Hier.Api.ViewModels">
  <CategoryID>a8a436d7-e5ce-4b72-8a66-bb491d4e3086</CategoryID>
  <CreatedAt>2026-01-15T15:13:04.0632175+01:00</CreatedAt>
  <CreatedBy>sample string 5</CreatedBy>
  <MediumType>Print</MediumType>
  <ModifiedAt>2026-01-15T15:13:04.0632175+01:00</ModifiedAt>
  <ModifiedBy>sample string 7</ModifiedBy>
  <Name>sample string 2</Name>
  <Notes>sample string 3</Notes>
  <Status>InActive</Status>
</CategoryDetails>

multipart/form-data

Sample:

--MultipartDataMediaFormatterBoundary1q2w3e
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="CategoryID"

a8a436d7-e5ce-4b72-8a66-bb491d4e3086
--MultipartDataMediaFormatterBoundary1q2w3e
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="MediumType"

Print
--MultipartDataMediaFormatterBoundary1q2w3e
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="Name"

sample string 2
--MultipartDataMediaFormatterBoundary1q2w3e
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="Status"

InActive
--MultipartDataMediaFormatterBoundary1q2w3e
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="Notes"

sample string 3
--MultipartDataMediaFormatterBoundary1q2w3e
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="CreatedAt"

2026-01-15T15:13:04.0632175+01:00
--MultipartDataMediaFormatterBoundary1q2w3e
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="CreatedBy"

sample string 5
--MultipartDataMediaFormatterBoundary1q2w3e
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="ModifiedAt"

2026-01-15T15:13:04.0632175+01:00
--MultipartDataMediaFormatterBoundary1q2w3e
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="ModifiedBy"

sample string 7
--MultipartDataMediaFormatterBoundary1q2w3e--