# DCM/DFA Reporting And Trafficking API . contentCategories

## Instance Methods

Deletes an existing content category.

Gets one content category by ID.

Inserts a new content category.

Retrieves a list of content categories, possibly filtered.

Retrieves the next page of results.

Updates an existing content category. This method supports patch semantics.

Updates an existing content category.

### Method Details

`delete(profileId, id)`

    Deletes an existing content category.

    Args:
      profileId: string, User profile ID associated with this request. (required)
      id: string, Content category ID. (required)

`get(profileId, id)`

    Gets one content category by ID.

    Args:
      profileId: string, User profile ID associated with this request. (required)
      id: string, Content category ID. (required)

    Returns:
      An object of the form:

        { # Organizes placements according to the contents of their associated webpages.
          "id": "A String", # ID of this content category. This is a read-only, auto-generated field.
          "kind": "dfareporting#contentCategory", # Identifies what kind of resource this is. Value: the fixed string "dfareporting#contentCategory".
          "description": "A String", # Description of this content category.
          "name": "A String", # Name of this content category. This is a required field and must be less than 256 characters long and unique among content categories of the same account.
          "accountId": "A String", # Account ID of this content category. This is a read-only field that can be left blank.
        }

`insert(profileId, body)`

    Inserts a new content category.

    Args:
      profileId: string, User profile ID associated with this request. (required)
      body: object, The request body. (required)
        The object takes the form of:

    { # Organizes placements according to the contents of their associated webpages.
        "id": "A String", # ID of this content category. This is a read-only, auto-generated field.
        "kind": "dfareporting#contentCategory", # Identifies what kind of resource this is. Value: the fixed string "dfareporting#contentCategory".
        "description": "A String", # Description of this content category.
        "name": "A String", # Name of this content category. This is a required field and must be less than 256 characters long and unique among content categories of the same account.
        "accountId": "A String", # Account ID of this content category. This is a read-only field that can be left blank.
      }

    Returns:
      An object of the form:

        { # Organizes placements according to the contents of their associated webpages.
          "id": "A String", # ID of this content category. This is a read-only, auto-generated field.
          "kind": "dfareporting#contentCategory", # Identifies what kind of resource this is. Value: the fixed string "dfareporting#contentCategory".
          "description": "A String", # Description of this content category.
          "name": "A String", # Name of this content category. This is a required field and must be less than 256 characters long and unique among content categories of the same account.
          "accountId": "A String", # Account ID of this content category. This is a read-only field that can be left blank.
        }

`list(profileId, searchString=None, pageToken=None, sortField=None, ids=None, maxResults=None, sortOrder=None)`

    Retrieves a list of content categories, possibly filtered.

    Args:
      profileId: string, User profile ID associated with this request. (required)
      searchString: string, Allows searching for objects by name or ID. Wildcards (*) are allowed. For example, "contentcategory*2015" will return objects with names like "contentcategory June 2015", "contentcategory April 2015" or simply "contentcategory 2015". Most of the searches also add wildcards implicitly at the start and the end of the search string. For example, a search string of "contentcategory" will match objects with name "my contentcategory", "contentcategory 2015" or simply "contentcategory".
      pageToken: string, Value of the nextPageToken from the previous result page.
      sortField: string, Field by which to sort the list.
        Allowed values
          ID -
          NAME -
      ids: string, Select only content categories with these IDs. (repeated)
      maxResults: integer, Maximum number of results to return.
      sortOrder: string, Order of sorted results, default is ASCENDING.
        Allowed values
          ASCENDING -
          DESCENDING -

    Returns:
      An object of the form:

        { # Content Category List Response
        "nextPageToken": "A String", # Pagination token to be used for the next list operation.
        "kind": "dfareporting#contentCategoriesListResponse", # Identifies what kind of resource this is. Value: the fixed string "dfareporting#contentCategoriesListResponse".
        "contentCategories": [ # Content category collection
          { # Organizes placements according to the contents of their associated webpages.
              "id": "A String", # ID of this content category. This is a read-only, auto-generated field.
              "kind": "dfareporting#contentCategory", # Identifies what kind of resource this is. Value: the fixed string "dfareporting#contentCategory".
              "description": "A String", # Description of this content category.
              "name": "A String", # Name of this content category. This is a required field and must be less than 256 characters long and unique among content categories of the same account.
              "accountId": "A String", # Account ID of this content category. This is a read-only field that can be left blank.
            },
        ],
      }

`list_next(previous_request, previous_response)`

    Retrieves the next page of results.

    Args:
      previous_request: The request for the previous page. (required)
      previous_response: The response from the request for the previous page. (required)

    Returns:
      A request object that you can call 'execute()' on to request the next
      page. Returns None if there are no more items in the collection.

`patch(profileId, id, body)`

    Updates an existing content category. This method supports patch semantics.

    Args:
      profileId: string, User profile ID associated with this request. (required)
      id: string, Content category ID. (required)
      body: object, The request body. (required)
        The object takes the form of:

    { # Organizes placements according to the contents of their associated webpages.
        "id": "A String", # ID of this content category. This is a read-only, auto-generated field.
        "kind": "dfareporting#contentCategory", # Identifies what kind of resource this is. Value: the fixed string "dfareporting#contentCategory".
        "description": "A String", # Description of this content category.
        "name": "A String", # Name of this content category. This is a required field and must be less than 256 characters long and unique among content categories of the same account.
        "accountId": "A String", # Account ID of this content category. This is a read-only field that can be left blank.
      }

    Returns:
      An object of the form:

        { # Organizes placements according to the contents of their associated webpages.
          "id": "A String", # ID of this content category. This is a read-only, auto-generated field.
          "kind": "dfareporting#contentCategory", # Identifies what kind of resource this is. Value: the fixed string "dfareporting#contentCategory".
          "description": "A String", # Description of this content category.
          "name": "A String", # Name of this content category. This is a required field and must be less than 256 characters long and unique among content categories of the same account.
          "accountId": "A String", # Account ID of this content category. This is a read-only field that can be left blank.
        }

`update(profileId, body)`

    Updates an existing content category.

    Args:
      profileId: string, User profile ID associated with this request. (required)
      body: object, The request body. (required)
        The object takes the form of:

    { # Organizes placements according to the contents of their associated webpages.
        "id": "A String", # ID of this content category. This is a read-only, auto-generated field.
        "kind": "dfareporting#contentCategory", # Identifies what kind of resource this is. Value: the fixed string "dfareporting#contentCategory".
        "description": "A String", # Description of this content category.
        "name": "A String", # Name of this content category. This is a required field and must be less than 256 characters long and unique among content categories of the same account.
        "accountId": "A String", # Account ID of this content category. This is a read-only field that can be left blank.
      }

    Returns:
      An object of the form:

        { # Organizes placements according to the contents of their associated webpages.
          "id": "A String", # ID of this content category. This is a read-only, auto-generated field.
          "kind": "dfareporting#contentCategory", # Identifies what kind of resource this is. Value: the fixed string "dfareporting#contentCategory".
          "description": "A String", # Description of this content category.
          "name": "A String", # Name of this content category. This is a required field and must be less than 256 characters long and unique among content categories of the same account.
          "accountId": "A String", # Account ID of this content category. This is a read-only field that can be left blank.
        }