---
title: TaxonomyCategoryAttribute - GraphQL Admin
description: A product taxonomy attribute interface.
api_version: 2025-10
api_name: admin
type: union
api_type: graphql
source_url:
  html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/unions/taxonomycategoryattribute
  md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/unions/taxonomycategoryattribute.md
---

# Taxonomy​Category​Attribute

union

A product taxonomy attribute interface.

## Possible types

* [Taxonomy​Attribute](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/TaxonomyAttribute)

  OBJECT

  A Shopify product taxonomy attribute.

  * id

    [ID!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/scalars/ID)

    non-null

    A globally-unique ID.

* [Taxonomy​Choice​List​Attribute](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/TaxonomyChoiceListAttribute)

  OBJECT

  A Shopify product taxonomy choice list attribute.

  * id

    [ID!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/scalars/ID)

    non-null

    The unique ID of the TaxonomyAttribute.

  * name

    [String!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/scalars/String)

    non-null

    The name of the product taxonomy attribute. For example, Color.

  * values

    [Taxonomy​Value​Connection!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/connections/TaxonomyValueConnection)

    non-null

    A list of values on the choice list attribute.

* [Taxonomy​Measurement​Attribute](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/TaxonomyMeasurementAttribute)

  OBJECT

  A Shopify product taxonomy measurement attribute.

  * id

    [ID!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/scalars/ID)

    non-null

    The unique ID of the TaxonomyAttribute.

  * name

    [String!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/scalars/String)

    non-null

    The name of the product taxonomy attribute. For example, Color.

  * options

    [\[Attribute!\]!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/Attribute)

    non-null

    The product taxonomy attribute options.

***

## Fields with this union

* [Taxonomy​Category.attributes](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/TaxonomyCategory#field-TaxonomyCategory.fields.attributes)

  OBJECT

  The details of a specific product category within the [Shopify product taxonomy](https://shopify.github.io/product-taxonomy/releases/unstable/?categoryId=sg-4-17-2-17).

* [Taxonomy​Category​Attribute​Connection.nodes](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/connections/TaxonomyCategoryAttributeConnection#returns-nodes)

  CONNECTION

  An auto-generated type for paginating through multiple TaxonomyCategoryAttributes.

* [Taxonomy​Category​Attribute​Edge.node](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/TaxonomyCategoryAttributeEdge#field-TaxonomyCategoryAttributeEdge.fields.node)

  OBJECT

  An auto-generated type which holds one TaxonomyCategoryAttribute and a cursor during pagination.

***

```graphql
union TaxonomyCategoryAttribute = TaxonomyAttribute | TaxonomyChoiceListAttribute | TaxonomyMeasurementAttribute
```