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Module: Mage_Catalog

The Mage_Catalog module allows you to manage categories and products.

Category Attributes

Allows you to retrieve the list of category attributes and options.

Resource Name: catalog_category_attribute

Aliases:

category_attribute

Methods:

catalog_category_attribute.currentStore - Set/Get the current store view
catalog_category_attribute.list - Retrieve the category attributes
catalog_category_attribute.options - Retrieve the attribute options

Faults

Fault Code	Fault Message
100	Requested store view not found.
101	Requested attribute not found.

Examples

Example 1. Retrieving attributes and options

		$proxy = new SoapClient('http://magentohost/api/soap/?wsdl');
$sessionId = $proxy->login('apiUser', 'apiKey');
$attributes = $proxy->call($sessionId, 'category_attribute.list');
foreach ($attributes as &$attribute) {
   if (isset($attribute['type'])
       && ($attribute['type'] == 'select' || $attribute['type'] == 'multiselect')) {
       $attribute['options'] = $proxy->call($sessionId, 'category_attribute.options', $attribute['code']);
   }
}
var_dump($attributes);
		