# Product category BATCH update

This endpoint allows you to update multiple categories at once. Batch
update is processed asynchronously in same way as for example products
snapshot,

but it does not have  with categories to download in
response. Instead, you can check attribute  which contains
successfully updated categories and errors.


See how [Asynchronous
requests](https://developers.shoptet.com/asynchronous-requests/) work on
our developer's portal.


File with data for update must be in JSONL
(jsonlines) format. Each line must contain one
category in JSON format. Maximum size of file is 100MB.

Structure of JSON row is same as structure of JSON for single category
update above. You can add one extra optional attribute

"language" which defines language of updating category, so you are able
to update multiple language attributes (i.e. "name", "description" etc.)
of one category in one batch file.

If language is not defined, default language of shop is used.


Asynchronous job process jsonl file row by row and try to validate and
save data. If there is any error, row is skipped and error is logged,
but it does not stop processing of other rows.

In Log, every product is identified by its position in file (starting
from 1).

Endpoint: PATCH /api/categories/batch
Version: 1.0.0
Security: shoptetAccessToken, shoptetPrivateApiToken

## Header parameters:

  - `Content-Type` (string, required)

## Request fields (application/json):

  - `batchFileUrlPath` (string, required)
    Url to batch file with products data. File must be in JSONL format.

## Response 202 fields (application/json):

  - `data` (object, required)

  - `data.jobId` (string, required)
    token of job

  - `errors` (array,null, required)

  - `errors.errorCode` (string, required)
    Short text error identification

  - `errors.message` (string, required)
    Descriptive error message

  - `errors.instance` (string, required)
    Identification of the entity referenced