WooCommerce.NET 添加具有类别/子类别的产品

Question

I am looking for some "inspiration", on how to add a product to my WC store.

I can add a simple product:

Product prod = new Product()
{
sku = SKU,
name = Name,
description = Description,
regular_price = Price,
manage_stock = true,
stock_quantity = quantity,
};

wc.Product.Add(prod).GetAwaiter().GetResult();

But how do I add this product to category, when I only have a category name?

Additional problem is that I have a category structure, where many sub categories have the same name.

Example:

main category: MALE sub categories: shoes, t-shirts, underwear, accessories

main category: FEMALE sub categories: shoes, t-shirts, underwear, accessories

main category: CHILDREN sub categories: shoes, t-shirts, underwear

I was importing the products database via CSV, where I named the category:

CATEGORY>SUBCATEGORY

So? Any Ideas?

Thanks!

EDIT: From the answer of Matthias S. I have got some good insight. But I would need a more universal solution. I need to get the proper category id, from only the names of categories. I am thinking in a direction of loops, where I would: 1. loop: find top category by name -2. loop: find firs subcategory by name --3. loop: find next subcategory by name ----... Would that be even possible?

Thanks!

Answer 1

A category is more than just a name for WC. You need to create the same category tree inside your shop as you have on your input side. A WC category therefor has an unique ID, the display name and a parentID.

For your given example you could create the MALE category via api

ProductCategory newCategoryMale = new ProductCategory
{
    name = "MALE"
};
ProductCategory maleCategory = await wooCommerce.Category.Add(newCategoryMale)

and the returned category will have an id you can then use to create the sub categories.

ProductCategory newCategoryShoes = new ProductCategory
{
    name = "shoes",
    parent = maleCategory.id
};
ProductCategory shoes = await wooCommerce.Category.Add(newCategoryShoes)

Now that you have the category tree structure as well as the related ids, you can create your products straight with the categories assigned.

Product prod = new Product()
{
    sku = SKU,
    name = Name,
    description = Description,
    regular_price = Price,
    manage_stock = true,
    stock_quantity = quantity,
    categories = new List<ProductCategoryLine>
    {
        new ProductCategoryLine
        {
            id = shoes.id
        }
    }
};

Edit:

To get the id of an already existing category you may use

List<ProductCategory> existingCategories = await wooCommerce.Category.GetAll();

to get all categories already setup in your shop. When looking for Male->Shoes you need to search that list for an root level category named "MALE" and find a category named "shoes" where the parentId equals your male-categorys id.