Hi all Is there a way to get a category’s id by either it’s name or slug? I’ve got an admin area that needs to post to discourse when a record is edited. I’ve found the /categories.json call but that will grow over time and I don’t want to have to iterate over the results. Anyone got any ideas? …

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[image] mb450: I’ve found the /categories.json call but that will grow over time and I don’t want to have to iterate over the results. The JS uses the information at /site.json for the list of “all categories that I’m allowed to know about”. (It’s just inserted into the HTML instead of reques…

Using the API to get category_id by slug or name

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riking (Kane York) August 21, 2016, 2:54am 3

The JS uses the information at /site.json for the list of “all categories that I’m allowed to know about”. (It’s just inserted into the HTML instead of requested at that URL.)

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Using the API to get category_id by slug or name

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