Delete a product category

inventory.category.remove

POST/api/v1/households/{household_id}/commands/inventory.category.remove

Command
Rigel runs it
Applies offline

Deletes the category. Its products keep everything else and have no category until given one.

Parameters#

Delete a product category: parameters
Field	Description
`household_id`pathstringrequired	The household's ID.
`Idempotency-Key`headerstringoptional	The command's ID. Reuse it when retrying the same command.

Request body#

JSON, as application/json.

Delete a product category: request body fields
Field	Description
`category_id`stringrequired	A product category ID, such as pcg_01JC0000000000000000000000.

Response#

200 The command was applied.

Delete a product category: response fields
Field	Description
`result`objectrequired	What the command returned, such as the IDs it created.
`version`integerrequired	The household version after the command.

Errors#

Every error has the same envelope: error.code, error.message, error.details, error.recovery and error.request_id.

Delete a product category: errors
Status	Code	When
`400`	`validation_failed`	A field is missing, misspelled or out of range. details.fields lists each problem.
`401`	`unauthenticated`	The request has no valid session.
`404`	`category_not_found`	A category that isn't there.
`404`	`not_found`	The household doesn't exist, or you aren't a member of it.
`409`	`idempotency_key_reused`	The Idempotency-Key was already used for a different command.

Examples#

These are real. Each scenario is one of the command's test cases, run on a household when this site was built, and the response is what the API returned.

Delete an unused category

Request, curl

curl -X POST 'https://rigel.house/api/v1/households/hh_01K9BKKP003AHRZ6DMV29GQY5C/commands/inventory.category.remove' \
  -H "Cookie: rigel_session=$RIGEL_SESSION" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Idempotency-Key: cmd_01JC4N0000AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA' \
  -d '{
  "category_id": "pcg_01JC000000000000000000000D"
}'

Request, TypeScript

const response = await fetch("https://rigel.house/api/v1/households/hh_01K9BKKP003AHRZ6DMV29GQY5C/commands/inventory.category.remove", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Idempotency-Key": "cmd_01JC4N0000AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA",
    Cookie: `rigel_session=${process.env.RIGEL_SESSION}`,
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    category_id: "pcg_01JC000000000000000000000D",
  }),
});
const data = await response.json();

Request, HTTP

POST /api/v1/households/hh_01K9BKKP003AHRZ6DMV29GQY5C/commands/inventory.category.remove HTTP/1.1
Host: rigel.house
Cookie: rigel_session=<your session>
Content-Type: application/json
Idempotency-Key: cmd_01JC4N0000AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

{
  "category_id": "pcg_01JC000000000000000000000D"
}

Response, 200

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
X-Request-Id: req_01K9D9S2R0N1ARHTG2EJ2ATVXP

{
  "result": {},
  "version": 1
}

Its products lose the category

Request, curl

curl -X POST 'https://rigel.house/api/v1/households/hh_01K9BKKP003AHRZ6DMV29GQY5C/commands/inventory.category.remove' \
  -H "Cookie: rigel_session=$RIGEL_SESSION" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Idempotency-Key: cmd_01JC4N0000AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA' \
  -d '{
  "category_id": "pcg_01JC000000000000000000000A"
}'

Request, TypeScript

const response = await fetch("https://rigel.house/api/v1/households/hh_01K9BKKP003AHRZ6DMV29GQY5C/commands/inventory.category.remove", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Idempotency-Key": "cmd_01JC4N0000AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA",
    Cookie: `rigel_session=${process.env.RIGEL_SESSION}`,
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    category_id: "pcg_01JC000000000000000000000A",
  }),
});
const data = await response.json();

Request, HTTP

POST /api/v1/households/hh_01K9BKKP003AHRZ6DMV29GQY5C/commands/inventory.category.remove HTTP/1.1
Host: rigel.house
Cookie: rigel_session=<your session>
Content-Type: application/json
Idempotency-Key: cmd_01JC4N0000AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

{
  "category_id": "pcg_01JC000000000000000000000A"
}

Response, 200

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
X-Request-Id: req_01K9D9S2R00TPEABVGV05RGZJR

{
  "result": {},
  "version": 1
}

A category that isn't there

Request, curl

curl -X POST 'https://rigel.house/api/v1/households/hh_01K9BKKP003AHRZ6DMV29GQY5C/commands/inventory.category.remove' \
  -H "Cookie: rigel_session=$RIGEL_SESSION" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Idempotency-Key: cmd_01JC4N0000AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA' \
  -d '{
  "category_id": "pcg_01JC000000000000000000000E"
}'

Request, TypeScript

const response = await fetch("https://rigel.house/api/v1/households/hh_01K9BKKP003AHRZ6DMV29GQY5C/commands/inventory.category.remove", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Idempotency-Key": "cmd_01JC4N0000AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA",
    Cookie: `rigel_session=${process.env.RIGEL_SESSION}`,
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    category_id: "pcg_01JC000000000000000000000E",
  }),
});
const data = await response.json();

Request, HTTP

POST /api/v1/households/hh_01K9BKKP003AHRZ6DMV29GQY5C/commands/inventory.category.remove HTTP/1.1
Host: rigel.house
Cookie: rigel_session=<your session>
Content-Type: application/json
Idempotency-Key: cmd_01JC4N0000AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

{
  "category_id": "pcg_01JC000000000000000000000E"
}

Response, 404

HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
Content-Type: application/json
X-Request-Id: req_01K9D9S2R0ER2N4QVGKC3BEC9G

{
  "error": {
    "code": "category_not_found",
    "message": "That category isn't there any more. No changes were applied.",
    "details": {
      "category_id": "pcg_01JC000000000000000000000E"
    },
    "recovery": "Read the current state, then send a command that fits it.",
    "request_id": "req_01K9D9S2R0ER2N4QVGKC3BEC9G"
  }
}

For Rigel#

Rigel's tool for this command is inventory_category_remove. Rigel runs this on its own, then says what it did. The agent guide has the rest.