# Categories ## Fields | Field | Type | Required | Description | | ------------------------------ | ------------------------------ | ------------------------------ | ------------------------------ | | `canEdit` | *boolean* | :heavy_check_mark: | N/A | | `color` | *string* | :heavy_check_mark: | N/A | | `defaultListFilter` | *string* | :heavy_check_mark: | N/A | | `defaultTopPeriod` | *string* | :heavy_check_mark: | N/A | | `defaultView` | *string* | :heavy_check_mark: | N/A | | `description` | *string* | :heavy_check_mark: | N/A | | `descriptionExcerpt` | *string* | :heavy_check_mark: | N/A | | `descriptionText` | *string* | :heavy_check_mark: | N/A | | `hasChildren` | *boolean* | :heavy_check_mark: | N/A | | `id` | *number* | :heavy_check_mark: | N/A | | `isUncategorized` | *boolean* | :heavy_minus_sign: | N/A | | `minimumRequiredTags` | *number* | :heavy_check_mark: | N/A | | `name` | *string* | :heavy_check_mark: | N/A | | `navigateToFirstPostAfterRead` | *boolean* | :heavy_check_mark: | N/A | | `notificationLevel` | *number* | :heavy_check_mark: | N/A | | `numFeaturedTopics` | *number* | :heavy_check_mark: | N/A | | `permission` | *number* | :heavy_check_mark: | N/A | | `position` | *number* | :heavy_check_mark: | N/A | | `postCount` | *number* | :heavy_check_mark: | N/A | | `readRestricted` | *boolean* | :heavy_check_mark: | N/A | | `showSubcategoryList` | *boolean* | :heavy_check_mark: | N/A | | `slug` | *string* | :heavy_check_mark: | N/A | | `sortAscending` | *string* | :heavy_check_mark: | N/A | | `sortOrder` | *string* | :heavy_check_mark: | N/A | | `subcategoryIds` | *any*[] | :heavy_check_mark: | N/A | | `subcategoryList` | *any*[] | :heavy_minus_sign: | N/A | | `subcategoryListStyle` | *string* | :heavy_check_mark: | N/A | | `textColor` | *string* | :heavy_check_mark: | N/A | | `topicCount` | *number* | :heavy_check_mark: | N/A | | `topicTemplate` | *string* | :heavy_check_mark: | N/A | | `topicUrl` | *string* | :heavy_check_mark: | N/A | | `topicsAllTime` | *number* | :heavy_check_mark: | N/A | | `topicsDay` | *number* | :heavy_check_mark: | N/A | | `topicsMonth` | *number* | :heavy_check_mark: | N/A | | `topicsWeek` | *number* | :heavy_check_mark: | N/A | | `topicsYear` | *number* | :heavy_check_mark: | N/A | | `uploadedBackground` | *string* | :heavy_check_mark: | N/A | | `uploadedBackgroundDark` | *string* | :heavy_check_mark: | N/A | | `uploadedLogo` | *string* | :heavy_check_mark: | N/A | | `uploadedLogoDark` | *string* | :heavy_check_mark: | N/A |