createProductCategoriesWorkflow - Medusa Core Workflows Reference

This documentation provides a reference to the createProductCategoriesWorkflow. It belongs to the @medusajs/medusa/core-flows package.

This workflow creates one or more product categories. It's used by the Create Product Category Admin API Route.

You can use this workflow within your customizations or your own custom workflows, allowing you to create product categories within your custom flows.

Source Code

Examples#

Steps#

Input#

CreateProductCategoriesWorkflowInputCreateProductCategoriesWorkflowInput
product_categoriesCreateProductCategoryDTO[]
The product categories to create.

Output#

ProductCategoryDTO[]ProductCategoryDTO[]
ProductCategoryDTOProductCategoryDTO
A product category's data.

Hooks#

Hooks allow you to inject custom functionalities into the workflow. You'll receive data from the workflow, as well as additional data sent through an HTTP request.

Learn more about Hooks and Additional Data.

categoriesCreated#

This step is a hook that you can inject custom functionality into.

Example

Code
1import { createProductCategoriesWorkflow } from "@medusajs/medusa/core-flows"2
3createProductCategoriesWorkflow.hooks.categoriesCreated(4  (async ({ categories }, { container }) => {5    //TODO6  })7)

Input

Handlers consuming this hook accept the following input.

inputobject
The input data for the hook.
categoriesProductCategoryDTO[]
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