/updateCategories: Update Group Items with Content Categories

URL:: https://[root]/content/groups/[groupID]/updateCategories
Methods:: GET

Example Usage

URL for Update Group Items With Content Categories

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https://www.arcgis.com/sharing/rest/content/groups/826ab72ed44c48beb8735c2634e0bfad/updateCategories

Description

The Update Group Items With Content Categories operation (POST only) allows group owner and managers to add or remove group content categories on group items. A maximum of 100 items can be bulk updated per request.

Request Parameters

Parameter Details

Parameter	Details
`[Common Parameters]`	For a complete listing, see Common parameters.
`items`	A JSON array of item objects, specified with each item's ID assigned with an array of group categories to update on the item. In ArcGIS Online, content category limits are set based on the limits set by the organization. For ArcGIS Enterprise organizations, each item can be categorized to a maximum of 20 categories. Example: Use dark colors for code blocksCopy `1 2 3 4 5 6 7 [{ "2e63e6318c23482386ffc344e73e3636": ["/Categories/Basemaps/Esri Basemaps/Esri Vector Basemap", "/Region/World"] }, { "c979ff16584b45eba6aad3d150a6b72f": ["/Region/US", "/Categories/Imagery/Temporal Imagery"] }, { "2fc8267f964348fe834d59d958c26a7b": [] }]`

[Common Parameters]

For a complete listing, see Common parameters.

items

A JSON array of item objects, specified with each item's ID assigned with an array of group categories to update on the item.

In ArcGIS Online, content category limits are set based on the limits set by the organization. For ArcGIS Enterprise organizations, each item can be categorized to a maximum of 20 categories.

Example:

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[{
  "2e63e6318c23482386ffc344e73e3636": ["/Categories/Basemaps/Esri Basemaps/Esri Vector Basemap", "/Region/World"]
}, {
  "c979ff16584b45eba6aad3d150a6b72f": ["/Region/US", "/Categories/Imagery/Temporal Imagery"]
}, {
  "2fc8267f964348fe834d59d958c26a7b": []
}]

Response Properties

Property Details

Property	Details
`results`	An array of JSON objects, one for each item requested. Each object is made up of the `itemId` and a `success` flag to indicate whether the item was successfully updated. If an error occurs during updating an item, an error object is also returned. Example: Use dark colors for code blocksCopy `1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 [ { "itemId": "c3ad4ed8bcf04d619537cfe252a1760d", "success": false, "error": { "code": 400, "message": "Item does not exist or is inaccessible." } }, { "itemId": "9ced00fdce3e4b20bb4b05155acbe817", "success": true }, { "itemId": "2678d3002eea4e4a825e3bdf10016e61", "success": true } ]`

results

An array of JSON objects, one for each item requested. Each object is made up of the itemId and a success flag to indicate whether the item was successfully updated. If an error occurs during updating an item, an error object is also returned.

Example:

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[
  {
    "itemId": "c3ad4ed8bcf04d619537cfe252a1760d",
    "success": false,
    "error": {
      "code": 400,
      "message": "Item does not exist or is inaccessible."
    }
  },
  {
    "itemId": "9ced00fdce3e4b20bb4b05155acbe817",
    "success": true
  },
  {
    "itemId": "2678d3002eea4e4a825e3bdf10016e61",
    "success": true
  }
]

JSON Response Syntax

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{"results": [
  {
    "itemId": "<itemId1>",
    "success": true | false
  },
  {
    "itemId": "<itemId2>",
    "success": true | false,
    "error": {
      "code": <error code>,
      "message": "<error message>"
    }
  },
  {
    "itemId": "<itemId3>",
    "success": true | false
  }
]}

JSON Response Example

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{"results": [
  {
    "itemId": "c979ff16584b45eba6aad3d150a6b72f",
    "success": true
  },
  {
    "itemId": "2fc8267f964348fe834d59d958c26a7b",
    "success": true
  },
  {
    "itemId": "2e63e6318c23482386ffc344e73e3636",
    "success": true
  }
]}