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Update a Category

Updates an existing course category's name, ID number, or description. See the documentation
  • Action
  • Writes data
  • API key
  • SDK
  • MCP

IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's Moodle account once, then configure and run Update a Category from your backend or agent.

import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "moodle-update-category",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    moodle: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    categoryId: "Category ID",
    name: "Name",
  },
})

console.log(result)

SCHEMA

Inputs

Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.

Update a Category inputs
Property Type Description
categoryId Category ID string
The ID of the category
Required Dynamic
name Name string
The updated name of the category
Optional
idnumber ID Number string
The updated external ID number for the category
Optional
description Description string
The updated description for the category
Optional

REFERENCE

Tool details

Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.

Registry key
moodle-update-category
Version
0.0.1
App
Moodle
Authentication
API key
Read-only
No
Destructive
No
Open world
Yes