product.public.category: fields, relations and API
The product.public.category model ("Website Product Category") is a persistent model declared by the eCommerce module. It exposes 32 fields, 14 of them declared directly on the model; 5 fields from other models point to it. Below you will find every field with its technical name, type, label and relations, followed by an Odoo 19 JSON-2 API call.
Model identity
- Technical name
product.public.category- Label
- Website Product Category
- Type
- Persistent (models.Model)
- SQL table
product_public_category- Origin module
- eCommerce (
website_sale) - Default order (_order)
sequence, name, id- Inherits from (mixins)
- website.seo.metadatawebsite.multi.mixinwebsite.searchable.mixinimage.mixin
Model fields
14 own fields, 12 inherited from mixins and 6 automatic ORM fields. Click a name to get a direct link to that field.
32 of 32 fields shown
| Technical name | Label | Type | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| align_category_content | Align Category Content Align the category content on the shop page. Corresponds to the 'Center Content' editor option. | boolean | |
| child_id | Children Categories | one2many | inverse: |
| cover_image | Cover Image Displayed only in the Category List Snippet. | image | |
| has_published_products | Has Published Products | boolean | computed |
| name | Name | char | requiredtranslatable |
| parent_id | Parent | many2one | |
| parent_path | Parent Path | char | |
| parents_and_self | Parents And Self | many2many | computed |
| product_tmpl_ids | Product Tmpl | many2many | |
| sequence | Sequence | integer | |
| show_category_description | Show Category Description Display the category description on the shop page. Corresponds to the 'Show Description' editor option. | boolean | |
| show_category_title | Show Category Title Display the category title on the shop page. Corresponds to the 'Show Title' editor option. | boolean | |
| website_description | Description | html | |
| website_footer | Category Footer | html | |
| image_1024 | Image 1024 | image | related: inherited from image.mixin |
| image_128 | Image 128 | image | related: inherited from image.mixin |
| image_1920 | Image | image | inherited from image.mixin |
| image_256 | Image 256 | image | related: inherited from image.mixin |
| image_512 | Image 512 | image | related: inherited from image.mixin |
| is_seo_optimized | SEO optimized | boolean | computed, stored inherited from website.seo.metadata |
| seo_name | Seo name | char | translatable inherited from website.seo.metadata |
| website_id | Website Restrict to a specific website. | many2one→ website | inherited from website.multi.mixin |
| website_meta_description | Website meta description | text | translatable inherited from website.seo.metadata |
| website_meta_keywords | Website meta keywords | char | translatable inherited from website.seo.metadata |
| website_meta_og_img | Website opengraph image | char | inherited from website.seo.metadata |
| website_meta_title | Website meta title | char | translatable inherited from website.seo.metadata |
| create_date | Created on | datetime | read-onlyautomatic |
| create_uid | Created by | many2one | read-onlyautomatic |
| display_name | Display Name | char | read-onlycomputedautomatic |
| id | ID | integer | read-onlyautomatic |
| write_date | Last Updated on | datetime | read-onlyautomatic |
| write_uid | Last Updated by | many2one | read-onlyautomatic |
Relations
Models linked from this model
- product.public.category: child_id, parent_id, parents_and_self
- product.template: product_tmpl_ids
Fields of other models pointing here
- product.feed: product_category_ids
- product.public.category: parent_id, parents_and_self
- product.template: public_categ_ids
- sale.report: public_categ_ids
Reading this model through the API
Odoo 19 JSON-2 API call reading the first five records with real fields of the model. Replace the instance, database and API key with your own.
curl -X POST "https://your-instance.odoo.com/json/2/product.public.category/search_read" \
-H "Authorization: bearer $ODOO_API_KEY" \
-H "X-Odoo-Database: your-db" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"domain":[],"fields":["name","parent_id","align_category_content","parent_path","sequence"],"limit":5}'import requests
BASE_URL = "https://your-instance.odoo.com/json/2"
headers = {"Authorization": f"bearer {API_KEY}", "X-Odoo-Database": "your-db"}
res = requests.post(
f"{BASE_URL}/product.public.category/search_read",
headers=headers,
json={"domain": [], "fields": ["name","parent_id","align_category_content","parent_path","sequence"], "limit": 5},
)
res.raise_for_status()
print(res.json())- External API access requires Odoo's Custom plan.
- XML-RPC and JSON-RPC will be removed in Odoo 22 (fall 2028): use JSON-2.
- The access rights and record rules of the key's user apply.
Cite this tool
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<a href="https://aidoo.ai/en/outils/explorateur-modeles-odoo/product-public-category">product.public.category (Odoo 19.0)</a>Sources
Data verified on September 23, 2026 · Odoo 19.0 Community
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