Create a category

Creates a menu category. location_slug is optional (omit for org-level).

post/v1/categories

Request

Base URL
https://orders-api.paymongo.com
URL
https://orders-api.paymongo.com/v1/categories
Auth
HTTP basic

Request body

location_slugstring

optional; omit for org-level

namestring required

sort_orderinteger

Example request

{
  "location_slug": "bgc-branch",
  "name": "Chicken",
  "sort_order": 1
}

Response

Created

has_moreboolean

Example response

{
  "data": {
    "created_at": "2026-06-24 07:55:00+00:00",
    "id": "cat_abc123",
    "is_enabled": true,
    "livemode": true,
    "location_slug": "bgc-branch",
    "name": "Chicken",
    "sort_order": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-06-24 07:55:00+00:00"
  }
}

Changes

No recorded changes to this operation across all 1 revision of this API.