Create category
Creates a new custom category for the authenticated company. The name must be unique among the company’s categories. Company context is taken from the access token.
curl -X POST "https://api-sandbox.contasimples.com/categories/v1/categories" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
-d '{
"name": "Electronics"
}'
import requests
import json
url = "https://api-sandbox.contasimples.com/categories/v1/categories"
headers = {
"Content-Type": "application/json",
"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN"
}
data = {
"name": "Electronics"
}
response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=data)
print(response.json())
const response = await fetch("https://api-sandbox.contasimples.com/categories/v1/categories", {
method: "POST",
headers: {
"Content-Type": "application/json",
"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN"
},
body: JSON.stringify({
"name": "Electronics"
})
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"bytes"
"encoding/json"
)
func main() {
data := []byte(`{
"name": "Electronics"
}`)
req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api-sandbox.contasimples.com/categories/v1/categories", bytes.NewBuffer(data))
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN")
client := &http.Client{}
resp, err := client.Do(req)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
defer resp.Body.Close()
fmt.Println("Response Status:", resp.Status)
}
require 'net/http'
require 'json'
uri = URI('https://api-sandbox.contasimples.com/categories/v1/categories')
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
request['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
request['Authorization'] = 'Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN'
request.body = '{
"name": "Electronics"
}'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.body
{
"id": 1146,
"createdAt": "2024-12-25T10:00:00Z",
"updatedAt": "2024-12-25T10:00:00Z",
"companyId": "7c61b3f6-7353-46aa-80ef-3e27d95150ab",
"name": "Electronics",
"establishments": [
{
"id": 16,
"createdAt": "2024-12-25T10:00:00Z",
"updatedAt": "2024-12-25T10:00:00Z",
"name": "Amazon Prime Aluguel",
"type": {
"id": 1,
"createdAt": "2024-12-25T10:00:00Z",
"updatedAt": "2024-12-25T10:00:00Z",
"type": "CUSTOM"
},
"establishmentCategoryId": 1039
}
],
"type": {
"id": 1,
"createdAt": "2024-12-25T10:00:00Z",
"updatedAt": "2024-12-25T10:00:00Z",
"type": "CUSTOM"
}
}
{
"error": "Bad Request",
"message": "The request contains invalid parameters or malformed data",
"code": 400,
"details": [
{
"field": "email",
"message": "Invalid email format"
}
]
}
{
"error": "Unauthorized",
"message": "Authentication required. Please provide a valid API token",
"code": 401
}
{
"error": "Conflict",
"message": "The request conflicts with the current state of the resource",
"code": 409,
"details": "Resource already exists"
}
{
"error": "Internal Server Error",
"message": "An unexpected error occurred on the server",
"code": 500,
"requestId": "req_1234567890"
}
POST
/categories/v1/categories
POST
Base URLstring
Target server for requests. Edit to use your own host.
Bearer Token
Bearer Tokenstring
RequiredBearer token from OAuth 2.0 client credentials. Format: Bearer TOKEN
Bearer token from OAuth 2.0 client credentials. Format:
Bearer TOKENContent-Typestring
RequiredThe media type of the request body
Options: application/json
namestring
RequiredName of the category to create.
Request Preview
Response
Response will appear here after sending the request
Authentication
header
Authorizationstring
RequiredBearer token. Bearer token from OAuth 2.0 client credentials. Format: Bearer TOKEN
Body
application/json
Responses
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