# Category
<a name="API_marketplace-discovery_Category"></a>

A category used to classify a listing or product into a logical group.

## Contents
<a name="API_marketplace-discovery_Category_Contents"></a>

**Note**  
In the following list, the required parameters are described first.

 ** categoryId **   <a name="AWSMarketplaceService-Type-marketplace-discovery_Category-categoryId"></a>
The machine-readable identifier of the category.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 1024.  
Pattern: `.*\S.*`   
Required: Yes

 ** displayName **   <a name="AWSMarketplaceService-Type-marketplace-discovery_Category-displayName"></a>
The human-readable name of the category.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 1024.  
Pattern: `.*\S.*`   
Required: Yes

## See Also
<a name="API_marketplace-discovery_Category_SeeAlso"></a>

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/marketplace-discovery-2026-02-05/Category) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/marketplace-discovery-2026-02-05/Category) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/marketplace-discovery-2026-02-05/Category)