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# CategoryFind

Allows you to return the IDs of all categories with a specified name. The name matching is case insensitive.

Note: This is an administrative action that can be sent only from AdminClients (which are set in the `[Server]` section of the configuration file).

## Example

    http://12.3.4.56:9000/action=CategoryFind&Name=Botanics

This action uses port `9000` to instruct HPE IDOL Server, which is located on a machine with the IP address `12.3.4.56`, to return the IDs of all categories that have the name `Botanics`.

    http://12.3.4.56:9000/action=CategoryFind&TaxonomyName=Medicines&Name=Botanics

This action instructs HPE IDOL Server to return the IDs of all categories within the `Medicines` taxonomy that have the name `Botanics`.

## Parameters

Parameter | Description | Required
--- | --- | ---
Name | The name of the category to find. | Yes
Parent | The ID of the parent of the category to find. |
Schema | The ID of a category that exists above the category that you want to find in the category hierarchy. |
TaxonomyName | The name of a taxonomy that the category to find belongs to. |
UserName | The name of the user that sends the action. |

This action accepts the following standard ACI action parameters.

Parameter | Description
--- | ---
ActionID | A string to use to identify an ACI action.
EncryptResponse | Encrypt the output.
FileName | The file to write output to.
ForceTemplateRefresh | Forces the server to load the template from disk.
Output | Writes output to a file.
ResponseFormat | The format of the action output.
Template | The template to use for the action output.
TemplateParamCSVs | A list of variables to use for the specified template.

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