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onCategoryCreated( )
An event that is triggered when a category is created.
Description
The onCategoryCreated()
event handler runs when a category is created. The received CategoryCreated
object contains information about the category that was created.
Note: Backend events don't work when previewing your site.
Syntax
function wixBlog_onCategoryCreated(event: CategoryCreated): void
onCategoryCreated Parameters
NAME
TYPE
DESCRIPTION
event
Optional
CategoryCreated
Information about the category that was created.
Returns
This function does not return anything.
Return Type:
void
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An event that occurs when a category is created
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1// Place this code in the events.js file2// of your site's Backend section.3// Add the file if it doesn't exist.45export function wixBlog_onCategoryCreated(event) {6 const categoryId = event.metadata.entityId;7 const categoryLabel = event.entity.label;8 console.log('Category created', event);9}101112/*13 * {14 * "metadata":{15 * "id":"89705db7-dedf-4d44-ad72-de14ecf70793",16 * "entityId":"bcf9d83b-ba2f-44e8-ae27-3a9e2b723f54",17 * "eventTime":"2022-06-16T15:10:30.876Z"18 * },19 * "entity":{20 * "_id": "1ea22fce-bc3c-4b78-9422-f0f367f8628e",21 * "coverImage": "wix:image://v1/162e66_f6bffd1cd6144ddf87325b82fe8f42ed~mv2.jpg#originWidth=385&originHeight=245",22 * "description": "Posts about my summer",23 * "displayPosition": 2,24 * "label": "Summer",25 * "language": "en",26 * "postCount": 6,27 * "rank": 2,28 * "slug": "summer-slug"29 * "title": "",30 * "translationId": "973369ad-0d4b-41f5-a820-1eed7986e0de"31 * }32 * }33 */34