Method	URL	Description
DELETE	https://<ps_ip_address>:15873/api/web/v1/categories	Deletes categories as specified in the JSON request
POST	https://<ps_ip_address>:15873/api/web/v1/categories/delete	Alternative format for curl and Python, which do not accept a payload for the DELETE method

200	OK (category and its URLs and IP addresses deleted)
403	Authentication failed
409	Bad transaction ID or not in a transaction
500	Internal server error

Note  Category names and IDs are not checked until the data is committed to the system. Error messages for duplicate and missing categories (by name or ID) appear in the response to a status API call after the commit has finished.