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CategoryDisplay URL

This URL displays a category within a catalog.

URL structure

http:// host_name/path/

The fully qualified name of the WebSphere Commerce Server and the configuration path.

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Parameter values

langId

Sets or resets the preferred language for the duration of the session. The supported languages for a store are found in the STORELANG table.

storeId

The store's reference number associated with the category being displayed.

catalogId

Required: The reference number of the catalog in which the category exists. You must specify either catalogId or catalogIdentifier.

catalogIdentifier

Required: The external identifier for the catalog. You must specify either catalogIdentifier or catalogId.

catalogMemberId

The reference number of the member who owns the catalog.

categoryId

The unique reference number of the category to be displayed.

identifier

The external identifier for the category.

memberId

The reference number of the member who owns the category. The memberId along with the identifier uniquely identify the category. If a memberId is omitted, then the owner of the current store along with the identifier are used to uniquely identify the category.

Example 1

This example displays information about the category with reference number 16, contained in catalog 1, which is being displayed in the store 1:

http://host_name/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?
categoryId=16&catalogId=1&storeId=1

Example 2

This example displays information about the category Hardware, contained in catalog 1:

http://host_name/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?
identifier=Hardware&catalogId=1&storeId=1

Example 3

This example displays information about the category Hardware from a catalog that is associated with the store that is owned by the member whose ID is 888.

http://host_name/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?
catalogId=1&identifier=Hardware&memberId=888&storeId=1 

Example 4

This example displays a catalog group page only to a registered customer in the correct member group. In this case it is customer s11001 in member group 1100.

http://host_name/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Logon?logonId=s11001
&logonPassword=s11001&storeId=32&URL=FVTStore32.jsp

http://host_name/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?
catalogId=326000&storeId=32&categoryId=326100&langId=-1

Behavior

• The category to be displayed can be uniquely identified from the following:

  • The categoryId parameter.

  • The identifier and the memberId parameters.

• If the identifier parameter is supplied without the memberId parameter, then the memberId parameter will be inferred as the member that owns the store specified by storeId.

• Ensures that the category to be displayed has been published in the current language.

• Sets the CategoryDisplayView to display the category page that corresponds to the specified store reference number and category reference number.

• Maps to the CategoryDisplayCmd interface.

Exception Conditions

None.

Related concepts

Catalog subsystem

Related reference

TopCategoriesDisplay URL

StoreCatalogDisplay URL

Catalog subsystem URLs

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