---
title: "Historical contract: Create Config Category"
description: "Historical Ordering.co API contract for POST /config_categoties, kept for reference. Use the current API reference for new integrations."
canonical: https://docs.ordering.co/api-reference/guides/history/create-config-category/
---

# Historical contract: Create Config Category

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> **Historical API contract.** This page describes an earlier API contract. Methods, paths, and responses may differ from the current API.

## Historical meaning

Create Config Category

This API endpoint is used to add configuration category to a project.

## Current API

For new integrations, use the linked current API reference or guide.

[View the current API reference](https://docs.ordering.co/api-reference/#tag/config_categories/POST/config_categories)

## Parameters

```json
[
  {
    "name": "language",
    "in": "path",
    "schema": {
      "type": "string",
      "default": "en"
    },
    "required": true
  },
  {
    "name": "project",
    "in": "path",
    "schema": {
      "type": "string",
      "default": "<redacted-personal>"
    },
    "required": true
  },
  {
    "name": "api_version",
    "in": "path",
    "schema": {
      "type": "string",
      "default": "v400"
    },
    "required": true
  }
]
```

## Request body

```json
{
  "content": {
    "application/json": {
      "schema": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "key": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "name": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "description": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "parent_category_id": {
            "type": "integer",
            "format": "int32"
          },
          "image": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "video": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "support_url": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "rank": {
            "type": "integer",
            "format": "int32"
          },
          "enabled": {
            "type": "boolean"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```

## Responses

```json
{
  "200": {
    "description": "200",
    "content": {
      "application/json": {
        "examples": {
          "Result": {
            "value": "{}"
          }
        },
        "schema": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {}
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "400": {
    "description": "400",
    "content": {
      "application/json": {
        "examples": {
          "Result": {
            "value": "{}"
          }
        },
        "schema": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {}
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```