Search Vendor Category

This endpoint allows users to search for vendor categories based on a query string.

Request

Method: GET
Endpoint: {{host}}/apis/external/search/searchVendorCategory
Query Parameters:
- q (string): The search term used to look for vendor categories. In this example, the query is budget category.

Response

The response will be in JSON format and contains the following structure:

categories (array): An array of category objects that match the search query.
- Each category object includes:
  - id (integer): The unique identifier for the category.
  - name (string): The name of the category.

Example Response

1 {
2     "categories": [
3         {
4             "id": 1961,
5             "name": "budget category"
6         }
7     ]
8 }

Notes

The response will return an array of categories, which may be empty if no matches are found.
Ensure that the query parameter is properly URL-encoded if it contains special characters.

## Search Vendor Category This endpoint allows users to search for vendor categories based on a query string. ### Request - **Method:** GET - **Endpoint:** `{{host}}/apis/external/search/searchVendorCategory` - **Query Parameters:** - `q` (string): The search term used to look for vendor categories. In this example, the query is `budget category`. ### Response The response will be in JSON format and contains the following structure: - **categories** (array): An array of category objects that match the search query. - Each category object includes: - **id** (integer): The unique identifier for the category. - **name** (string): The name of the category. #### Example Response ``` json { "categories": [ { "id": 1961, "name": "budget category" } ] } ``` ### Notes - The response will return an array of categories, which may be empty if no matches are found. - Ensure that the query parameter is properly URL-encoded if it contains special characters.

Query parameters

qstringOptional

Searches vendor categories using the q parameter by performing a case-insensitive partial match on the category name. Returns an empty response if q is blank.

Response headers

request-idstringOptional

Response

categorieslist of objects