Reorder product categories

Updates the display order of product categories by providing an ordered list of category IDs.

How to reorder categories:

Get the current list of categories using GET /administration/product-categories
Create an array of category IDs in the desired display order
Send the ordered array in the request body

Example: If you want categories in order: Hardware, Software, Consulting Provide: [“hardware-id”, “software-id”, “consulting-id”]

What happens:

Categories are reordered according to the provided array
First ID in array becomes first category, second ID becomes second, etc.
Sort order is updated for all categories in the workspace

Note: This endpoint requires the manageSettings permission. The order affects how categories appear in dropdowns and lists throughout the application.

POST/administration/product-categories/sort

Authorization

AuthorizationOAuth2 access token · headerrequired

Scopes:api:write

AuthorizationBearer token (JWT) · headerrequired

Request body

requiredapplication/json

idsstring[]required

Array of product category IDs in the desired display order. The first ID in the array will be displayed first, the second ID will be displayed second, and so on. All category IDs must be valid UUIDs that exist in the workspace. The sort order is updated for all categories based on their position in this array.

Responses

200Product categories reordered successfully

401Unauthorized - Invalid or missing authentication token

403Forbidden - Insufficient API scopes or permissions

Request

curl -X POST "https://leadtime.app/api/public/administration/product-categories/sort" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "ids": [
    "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
    "223e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174001",
    "323e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174002"
  ]
}'

const response = await fetch("https://leadtime.app/api/public/administration/product-categories/sort", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
  "ids": [
    "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
    "223e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174001",
    "323e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174002"
  ]
})
});

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://leadtime.app/api/public/administration/product-categories/sort",
    headers={
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN",
        "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    json={
  "ids": [
    "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
    "223e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174001",
    "323e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174002"
  ]
},
)

Response

Product categories reordered successfully