Categories

Overview

Categories organize products into a hierarchical tree structure. Use drag-and-drop to rearrange the tree, add SEO metadata per category, and assign products to one or more categories.

Navigation

Sidebar: Categories URL: /admin/categories

Key Features

• Hierarchical tree view with unlimited nesting
• Drag-and-drop reordering and reparenting
• SEO metadata per category (meta title, meta description, slug)
• Category images
• Product count per category
• Bulk product assignment

Fields

Field	Description
Name	Category display name
Slug	URL-friendly identifier
Parent	Parent category (for nesting)
Description	Category description
Image	Category image URL
Path	Materialized path for fast tree queries
Level	Depth in the hierarchy
Position	Sort order within the parent level
Is Active	Whether the category is visible
Meta Title	SEO page title
Meta Description	SEO description

Actions

• Add Category — create a new category
• Edit — modify category details and SEO
• Move — drag-and-drop to reorder or reparent
• View Products — see products in this category
• Delete — remove a category (with child handling options)

API

API Available

GET /api/categories — list categories GET /api/categories/tree — get full category tree GET /api/categories/{id} — get category details POST /api/categories — create a category PUT /api/categories/{id} — update a category DELETE /api/categories/{id} — delete a category GET /api/categories/{id}/children — get child categories GET /api/categories/{id}/descendants — get all descendants GET /api/categories/{id}/products — get products in category POST /api/categories/{id}/products — assign products to category DELETE /api/categories/{id}/products/{productId} — remove product from category POST /api/categories/{id}/move — move category in tree POST /api/categories/reorder — reorder categories