sendCategory.md

#sendCategory

####This function must be called when a visitor goes to a category page. In this case, the category page is the page that displays the category details and the list of subcategories belonging to the first or the page that lists the products of a certain category.

var _ra = _ra || {};

_ra.sendCategoryInfo = {
    "id": category_id,
    "name" : "category_name",
    "parent": parent_category_id,
    "breadcrumb": [
        {
            "id": parent_category_id,
            "name": "parent_category_name",
            "parent": parent_of_parent_category_id
        },
        {
            "id": parent_of_parent_category_id,
            "name": "parent_of_parent_category_name",
            "parent": false
        }
    ]
}

if (_ra.ready !== undefined) {
    _ra.sendCategory(_ra.sendCategoryInfo);
}

##sendCategory function parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
id	Number or text	Required	The category identifier.
name	Text	Required	The category name
parent	Number, text, false	Required	ID of parent category. If there isn’t any parent category, send false value.
breadcrumb	Array	Required	Array containing all the parent categories of the category to which the product belongs (in this array you must not add the product category). If the category does not have a parent category (category.parent is set false), send an empty array. Each parent category is sent as object and contains the following properties: id, name, parent.
category_breadcrumb.id	Number or text	Required	Category id
category_breadcrumb.name	Text	Required	Category Name
category_breadcrumb.parent	Number, text, false	Required	Id of parent category. If there isn’t any parent category, send false value.
callback_function	Function	Optional	With this parameter you can define a function that runs itself after the action’s parent function executes

##senCategory function examples

sending a category without parent

var _ra = _ra || {};

_ra.sendCategoryInfo = {
    "id": 20,
    "name": "Shoes",
    "parent": false,
    "breadcrumb": [] 
};

if (_ra.ready !== undefined) {
    _ra.sendCategory(_ra.sendCategoryInfo);
}

sending a category with one subcategory level

var _ra = _ra || {};

_ra.sendCategoryInfo = {
    "id": 21,
    "name": "Sneakers",
    "parent": 20,
    "breadcrumb": [
        {"id": 20, "name": "Shoes", "parent": false}
    ]
};

if (_ra.ready !== undefined) {
    _ra.sendCategory(_ra.sendCategoryInfo);
}

sending a category with two subcategory level

var _ra = _ra || {};

_ra.sendCategoryInfo = {
    "id": 22,
    "name": "Sport sneakers",
    "parent": 21,
    "breadcrumb": [
        {"id": 21, "name": "Sneakers", "parent": 20},
        {"id": 20, "name": "Shoes", "parent": false}
    ]
}

if (_ra.ready !== undefined) {
    _ra.sendCategory(_ra.sendCategoryInfo);
}