---
title: "BaseCategory"
url: "https://developer.migros.ch/apis/products-8/versions/4f3f7804-4b0e-4d65-b275-5d7bccc41f2a/schemas/BaseCategory"
---

> Full API specification: https://developer.migros.ch/apis/products-8/versions/4f3f7804-4b0e-4d65-b275-5d7bccc41f2a.md

# BaseCategory

Represents the category basic information.

## OpenAPI definition

```yaml
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: Products
  version: "8"
servers:
  - description: Public Kong Gateway URL
    url: https://api.migros.ch
components:
  schemas:
    Image:
      description: An image and its properties.
      properties:
        code:
          deprecated: true
          description: Code for the image, useful for pictograms.
          nullable: true
          type: string
        custom:
          deprecated: true
          description: Image URL with placeholders for {width} and {height}.
          type: string
        description:
          deprecated: true
          description: Image description, useful for example as alt attribute.
          nullable: true
          type: string
        end_date:
          deprecated: true
          description: End date of the validity.
          format: date-time
          nullable: true
          type: string
        hash:
          deprecated: true
          description: Sha1 hash of original image.
          nullable: true
          type: string
        original:
          deprecated: true
          description: Full size image.
          type: string
        source:
          deprecated: true
          description: Source where the image comes from originally.
          nullable: true
          type: string
        stack:
          deprecated: true
          description: Image URL with a placeholder for a Rokka {stack}.
          type: string
        start_date:
          deprecated: true
          description: Start date of the validity.
          format: date-time
          nullable: true
          type: string
        tags:
          deprecated: true
          items:
            type: string
          type: array
      type: object
    BaseCategory:
      description: Represents the category basic information.
      properties:
        abstract:
          description: A short, plain text description, e.g. suitable for the page meta
            element.
          nullable: true
          type: string
        code:
          description: ID of the category.
          type: string
        headline:
          description: The caption to the description.
          nullable: true
          type: string
        image:
          description: Image of the category.
          nullable: true
          oneOf:
            - $ref: "#/components/schemas/Image"
        keywords:
          description: Keywords, e.g. suitable for the page meta element.
          items:
            type: string
          nullable: true
          type: array
        level:
          description: Category level.
          type: integer
        name:
          type: string
        parent_code:
          description: Parent category ID.
          nullable: true
          type: string
        slug:
          description: Unique user-friendly ID.
          type: string
        title:
          description: The title, e.g. suitable for the page title element.
          nullable: true
          type: string
        visible:
          description: Whether the category should be shown to users.
          type: boolean
      required:
        - code
        - name
        - slug
      type: object
```