Create a help center topic
curl --request POST \
--url http://localhost:8080/hc/{helpCenterId}/categories \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"name": "<string>",
"slug": "<string>",
"description": "<string>",
"icon": "<string>",
"parent_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
}
'import requests
url = "http://localhost:8080/hc/{helpCenterId}/categories"
payload = {
"name": "<string>",
"slug": "<string>",
"description": "<string>",
"icon": "<string>",
"parent_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
name: '<string>',
slug: '<string>',
description: '<string>',
icon: '<string>',
parent_id: '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a'
})
};
fetch('http://localhost:8080/hc/{helpCenterId}/categories', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_PORT => "8080",
CURLOPT_URL => "http://localhost:8080/hc/{helpCenterId}/categories",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'name' => '<string>',
'slug' => '<string>',
'description' => '<string>',
'icon' => '<string>',
'parent_id' => '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "http://localhost:8080/hc/{helpCenterId}/categories"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"slug\": \"<string>\",\n \"description\": \"<string>\",\n \"icon\": \"<string>\",\n \"parent_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("http://localhost:8080/hc/{helpCenterId}/categories")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"slug\": \"<string>\",\n \"description\": \"<string>\",\n \"icon\": \"<string>\",\n \"parent_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("http://localhost:8080/hc/{helpCenterId}/categories")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"slug\": \"<string>\",\n \"description\": \"<string>\",\n \"icon\": \"<string>\",\n \"parent_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"entity": {
"id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"help_center_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"icon": "<string>",
"parent_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
},
"primaryLocale": {
"id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"category_entity_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"help_center_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"language_code": "<string>",
"name": "<string>",
"slug": "<string>",
"description": "<string>",
"is_manual": true,
"created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}
}{
"statusCode": 123,
"message": "<string>",
"error": "<string>"
}Categories
Create a help center topic
Create a help center category in the primary language, optionally nested under a parent. Translations are generated in the background.
POST
/
hc
/
{helpCenterId}
/
categories
Create a help center topic
curl --request POST \
--url http://localhost:8080/hc/{helpCenterId}/categories \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"name": "<string>",
"slug": "<string>",
"description": "<string>",
"icon": "<string>",
"parent_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
}
'import requests
url = "http://localhost:8080/hc/{helpCenterId}/categories"
payload = {
"name": "<string>",
"slug": "<string>",
"description": "<string>",
"icon": "<string>",
"parent_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
name: '<string>',
slug: '<string>',
description: '<string>',
icon: '<string>',
parent_id: '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a'
})
};
fetch('http://localhost:8080/hc/{helpCenterId}/categories', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_PORT => "8080",
CURLOPT_URL => "http://localhost:8080/hc/{helpCenterId}/categories",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'name' => '<string>',
'slug' => '<string>',
'description' => '<string>',
'icon' => '<string>',
'parent_id' => '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "http://localhost:8080/hc/{helpCenterId}/categories"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"slug\": \"<string>\",\n \"description\": \"<string>\",\n \"icon\": \"<string>\",\n \"parent_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("http://localhost:8080/hc/{helpCenterId}/categories")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"slug\": \"<string>\",\n \"description\": \"<string>\",\n \"icon\": \"<string>\",\n \"parent_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("http://localhost:8080/hc/{helpCenterId}/categories")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"slug\": \"<string>\",\n \"description\": \"<string>\",\n \"icon\": \"<string>\",\n \"parent_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"entity": {
"id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"help_center_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"icon": "<string>",
"parent_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
},
"primaryLocale": {
"id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"category_entity_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"help_center_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"language_code": "<string>",
"name": "<string>",
"slug": "<string>",
"description": "<string>",
"is_manual": true,
"created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}
}{
"statusCode": 123,
"message": "<string>",
"error": "<string>"
}Authorizations
Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.
Path Parameters
Pattern:
^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}|00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000|ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff)$Body
application/json
Minimum string length:
1Short blurb shown under the topic name on the help-center home grid.
Lucide icon name in kebab-case (e.g. 'folder', 'credit-card', 'shopping-cart' — see lucide.dev/icons). Unknown names render no icon.
Create as a subtopic of this topic; omit or null for a top-level topic.
Pattern:
^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}|00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000|ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff)$Was this page helpful?