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# Change the category assignments of an existing location

> The user must have access to the specified location.
`Write` permission of the specified location is required.
Existing categories that are not included in the change request will be removed.
Categories are implicitly filtered by the user's `read` permission. 
New categories are assigned to the location.

## OpenAPI

````json PUT /v{version}/Locations/{id}/Categories
{
  "openapi": "3.0.1",
  "info": {
    "title": "IXM Platform API 1.21",
    "description": "IXM Platform API",
    "contact": {
      "name": "Grassfish",
      "url": "https://grassfish.com",
      "email": "support@grassfish.com"
    },
    "version": "1.21"
  },
  "paths": {
    "/v{version}/Locations/{id}/Categories": {
      "put": {
        "tags": [
          "Locations"
        ],
        "summary": "Change the category assignments of an existing location",
        "description": "The user must have access to the specified location.\r\n`Write` permission of the specified location is required.\r\nExisting categories that are not included in the change request will be removed.\r\nCategories are implicitly filtered by the user's `read` permission. \r\nNew categories are assigned to the location.",
        "operationId": "Locations_UpdateCategories",
        "parameters": [
          {
            "name": "id",
            "in": "path",
            "description": "Unique ID of the location",
            "required": true,
            "schema": {
              "type": "integer",
              "format": "int32"
            }
          },
          {
            "name": "version",
            "in": "path",
            "description": "The requested API version",
            "required": true,
            "schema": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          }
        ],
        "requestBody": {
          "description": "Change request that contains IDs of the categories that will be assigned to the location",
          "content": {
            "application/json": {
              "schema": {
                "type": "array",
                "items": {
                  "type": "integer",
                  "format": "int32"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "responses": {
          "200": {
            "description": "Returns the updated list of categories.",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "type": "array",
                  "items": {
                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/V1.Models.Location.Category"
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "400": {
            "description": "Bad request",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Common.Models.ModelStateError"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "401": {
            "description": "Unauthorized",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Common.Models.Error"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "403": {
            "description": "Forbidden if user doesn't have access.",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Common.Models.Error"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "404": {
            "description": "Location not found.",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Common.Models.Error"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "500": {
            "description": "Unexpected error",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Common.Models.Error"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "security": [
          {
            "api_key": []
          },
          {
            "session_id": []
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "components": {
    "schemas": {
      "V1.Models.Location.Category": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "Created": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Creation date in UTC",
            "format": "date-time",
            "readOnly": true
          },
          "Id": {
            "type": "integer",
            "description": "Unique ID of the category",
            "format": "int32",
            "readOnly": true
          },
          "Inherited": {
            "type": "boolean",
            "description": "If `true`, this category is inherited from the parent location.\r\nDefault: `false`."
          },
          "Modified": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Modification date in UTC",
            "format": "date-time",
            "readOnly": true
          },
          "Name": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Name of the category"
          },
          "ParentId": {
            "type": "integer",
            "description": "Unique ID of the parent category",
            "format": "int32"
          },
          "Permissions": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "Read": {
                "type": "boolean"
              },
              "Write": {
                "type": "boolean"
              }
            },
            "description": "Permissions of the category",
            "readOnly": true
          },
          "Selectable": {
            "type": "boolean",
            "description": "If `true`, the category is selectable in the IXM Platform.\r\nDefault: `false`."
          }
        },
        "description": "Location's category"
      },
      "Common.Models.ModelStateError": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "ValidationErrors": {
            "type": "object",
            "additionalProperties": {
              "type": "array",
              "items": {
                "type": "string"
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "Common.Models.Error": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "Id": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "Message": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "Type": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "Values": {
            "type": "object",
            "additionalProperties": {
              "type": "object"
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "securitySchemes": {
      "api_key": {
        "type": "apiKey",
        "description": "Api Key",
        "name": "X-ApiKey",
        "in": "header"
      },
      "session_id": {
        "type": "apiKey",
        "description": "Session Id",
        "name": "X-Session-Id",
        "in": "header"
      }
    }
  }
}
````