You can create categories from scratch.
To create categories from scratch
Create the category by using the CategoryCreate
action. For example:
action=CategoryCreate&Name=Botanics&Category=1
From this action, IDOL Server creates the Botanics
category with an ID of 1
. The new category is a child of the root
category, which has the ID 0
. Categories that you create from scratch are by default stored as child categories of the root
category. However, you can specify an alternative parent category when you create a category. The Category
parameter is optional. If you do not specify an ID, the system automatically generates a random ID.
Create a child category.
The IDOL Category component returns an ID for the category that it creates. You can use this ID to identify the category, for example, to add a child category to it:
action=CategoryCreate&Name=Perennials&Parent=1
In this example, Category creates the Perennials
category. The new category is a child of the category with the ID 1
(in this case, the Botanics
category).
Train the new category. You can set training action parameters for the CategoryCreate
action to train a category when you create it.
Optionally, move categories to create a hierarchical structure or to modify their position in the category hierarchy.