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# Method name: onCategoryCreated(event: CategoryCreated)

# Method package: wixBlogBackend

# Method menu location: wixBlogBackend --> onCategoryCreated

# Method Link: https://dev.wix.com/docs/velo/apis/wix-blog-backend/events/on-category-created.md

# Method Description:

Triggered when a category is created.



# Method Code Examples:

*** Note: do not assume any prop names or enum values other than the ones in the example.

## An event that occurs when a category is created  

```javascript
// Place this code in the events.js file
// of your site's Backend section.
// Add the file if it doesn't exist.

export function wixBlog_onCategoryCreated(event) {
  const categoryId = event.metadata.entityId;
  const categoryLabel = event.entity.label;
  console.log('Category created', event);
}


/*
 * {
 *   "metadata":{
 *     "id":"89705db7-dedf-4d44-ad72-de14ecf70793",
 *     "entityId":"bcf9d83b-ba2f-44e8-ae27-3a9e2b723f54",
 *     "eventTime":"2022-06-16T15:10:30.876Z"
 *   },
 *   "entity":{
 *     "_id": "1ea22fce-bc3c-4b78-9422-f0f367f8628e",
 *     "coverImage": "wix:image://v1/162e66_f6bffd1cd6144ddf87325b82fe8f42ed~mv2.jpg#originWidth=385&originHeight=245",
 *     "description": "Posts about my summer",
 *     "displayPosition": 2,
 *     "label": "Summer",
 *     "language": "en",
 *     "postCount": 6,
 *     "rank": 2,
 *     "slug": "summer-slug"
 *     "title": "",
 *     "translationId": "973369ad-0d4b-41f5-a820-1eed7986e0de"
 *   }
 * }
 */

```

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