# Service Categories

This API offers functionalities to:

* **Create** new service categories.
* **Read** existing service categories, including retrieving a single category or a list of categories based on specific criteria.
* **Delete** service categories that are no longer required.

By leveraging this API, you can efficiently manage your service categories, ensuring a well-organized and user-friendly service catalogue in Whautomate.

{% openapi src="/files/XKbqmYpLbwmHfH7drtj3" path="/v1/serviceCategories" method="get" %}
[Whautomate -Your Host.json](https://810714386-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FF8vuadG7OJ1fFdSBZATv%2Fuploads%2FmvrcLbjRCcKuOC0Vzyor%2FWhautomate%20-Your%20Host.json?alt=media\&token=e36abed1-908d-45ba-830f-519a3f5dabff)
{% endopenapi %}

{% openapi src="/files/XKbqmYpLbwmHfH7drtj3" path="/v1/serviceCategories" method="post" %}
[Whautomate -Your Host.json](https://810714386-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FF8vuadG7OJ1fFdSBZATv%2Fuploads%2FmvrcLbjRCcKuOC0Vzyor%2FWhautomate%20-Your%20Host.json?alt=media\&token=e36abed1-908d-45ba-830f-519a3f5dabff)
{% endopenapi %}

{% openapi src="/files/XKbqmYpLbwmHfH7drtj3" path="/v1/serviceCategories/{serviceCategoryId}" method="get" %}
[Whautomate -Your Host.json](https://810714386-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FF8vuadG7OJ1fFdSBZATv%2Fuploads%2FmvrcLbjRCcKuOC0Vzyor%2FWhautomate%20-Your%20Host.json?alt=media\&token=e36abed1-908d-45ba-830f-519a3f5dabff)
{% endopenapi %}

{% openapi src="/files/XKbqmYpLbwmHfH7drtj3" path="/v1/serviceCategories/{serviceCategoryId}" method="delete" %}
[Whautomate -Your Host.json](https://810714386-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2FF8vuadG7OJ1fFdSBZATv%2Fuploads%2FmvrcLbjRCcKuOC0Vzyor%2FWhautomate%20-Your%20Host.json?alt=media\&token=e36abed1-908d-45ba-830f-519a3f5dabff)
{% endopenapi %}


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