Category entity

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The Category entity at YouCan.

Attribute Name	Type	Description
id	string	Identifier (UUID)
name	string	Category name
slug	string	Category slug
description	string, null	Category description
image	string, null	Category image URL
show_on_collection	bool	Whether the category is shown on the collection page
depth	int	Nesting depth (0 = top-level)
url	string	Public URL of the category page
deleted_at	string, null	Deletion date (ISO 8601), null if not deleted
parent	object, null	Parent category (default include)
children	array	Child categories (available include)
meta	object	SEO attributes

Parent

The parent category object (same structure, without nested parent/children).

Array of child category objects (same structure, without nested children).