I have successfully created a topic using the API (using entry point posts, as described here ), which makes me think my process is good. But when I try to create a category (using entry point categories.json, as documented here , or entry point categories, as sniffed under Chrome using this method , …

Thanks @blake . You lead me to try Postman, which in turn allowed me to discover my silly mistake: I wasn’t passing the api_key and api_username properly. I guess it worked earlier with creating a topic because this operation doesn’t require authentication.

Problem creating a category using the API

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blake (Blake Erickson) 13 Marzo 2017, 10:52pm 2

I’m not sure, can you send me your actual post request. Feel free to obfuscate your api key.

I’m able to create a category via the api with:

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