====== Categories Resource ======
Categories are maintained in the Sage Data Exchange application. The Categories Resource returns the Category and, optionally, the Products within the Category.

Categories can also return the column names that represent the properties of the products. For example, the Category "Mens Shoes" may contain properties like "Color" and "Size". The Category response would contain a array, "properties", with the two values "Color" and "Size".

<datatables paging="false" searching="false" ordering="false" info="false">
^Resource Method List^^^^^
^Action^HTTP^URI^Admin?^Description^
|[[#get|get]]|GET|/categories[?category=<category>]| |Retrieve Category and, optionally, Product data for one or more Categories|
|[[#list|list]]|GET|/categories||Retrieve Category and, optionally, Product data for one or more Categories|
</datatables>

**Resource Table List**
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Click on the table to view detail.
<accordion>
<panel title="Category">
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</panel>
<panel title="Category Detail">
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</panel>
</accordion>

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===== Resource Methods =====

==== Get ====
Users and Administrators can retrieve Category data which can optionally contain the Product data within each Category. Select the columns to be returned in Return Maintenance.

==== List ====
Users and Administrators can retrieve Category data which can optionally contain the Product data within each Category. Select the columns to be returned in Return Maintenance.