Use category ID instead of category name

packages/js/e2e-utils/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 - `utils.waitForTimeout( delay )` pause processing for `delay` milliseconds
 - `AdminEdit` class with utility functions for the respective edit screens
 - Update `shopper.addToCartFromShopPage()` and `.removeFromCart()` to accept product Id or Title
+- Added `withRestApi.createProductCategory()` that creates a product category and returns the ID
 
 # 0.1.6
 

packages/js/e2e-utils/README.md

@@ -151,7 +151,8 @@ This package provides support for enabling retries in tests:
 | `deleteAllOrders` | | Permanently delete all orders |
 | `updateSettingOption` | `settingsGroup`, `settingID`, `payload` | Update a settings group |
 | `updatePaymentGateway`| `paymentGatewayId`, `payload` | Update a payment gateway |
-| `getSystemEnvironment` | | Get the current environment from the WooCommerce system status API.
+| `getSystemEnvironment` | | Get the current environment from the WooCommerce system status API. |
+| `createProductCategory` | `categoryName` | Create a product category with the provided name. |
 
 ### Classes
 

packages/js/e2e-utils/src/components.js

@@ -208,12 +208,15 @@ const createSimpleProduct = async ( productTitle = simpleProductName, productPri
  * @param categoryName Product's category which can be changed when writing a test
  */
 const createSimpleProductWithCategory = async ( productName, productPrice, categoryName ) => {
+	// Get the category ID so we can add it to the product below
+	const categoryId = await withRestApi.createProductCategory( categoryName );
+
 	const product = await factories.products.simple.create( {
 		name: productName,
 		regularPrice: productPrice,
 		categories: [
 			{
-				name: categoryName,
+				id: categoryId,
 			}
 		],
 		isVirtual: true,

packages/js/e2e-utils/src/flows/with-rest-api.js

@@ -300,5 +300,35 @@ export const withRestApi = {
 		} else {
 			return;
 		}
-	}
+	},
+	/**
+	 * Create a product category and return the ID. If the category already exists, the ID of the existing category is returned.
+	 *
+	 * @param {String} categoryName The name of the category to create
+	 * @returns {Promise<Number>} The ID of the category.
+	 */
+	createProductCategory: async ( categoryName ) => {
+		const payload = { name: categoryName };
+		let categoryId;
+
+		try {
+			const response = await client.post( productCategoriesEndpoint, payload );
+			expect( response.status ).toEqual( 201 );
+			categoryId = response.data.id;
+		} catch ( err ) {
+			if ( err.response.status === 400 && err.response.data.code === 'term_exists' ) {
+				// Get the list of categories and pull ID to return
+				const categoryList = await client.get( productCategoriesEndpoint );
+				expect( categoryList.status ).toEqual( 200 );
+				if ( categoryList.data && categoryList.data.length ) {
+					for ( let c = 0; c < categoryList.data.length; c++ ) {
+						if ( categoryList.data[c].name === categoryName ) {
+							categoryId = categoryList.data[c].id;
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return categoryId;
+	},
 };