diff --git a/src/application/controllers/api/v1/Categories.php b/src/application/controllers/api/v1/Categories.php
index 0ccc8063..1b2e7241 100644
--- a/src/application/controllers/api/v1/Categories.php
+++ b/src/application/controllers/api/v1/Categories.php
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
 
 require_once __DIR__ . '/API_V1_Controller.php';
 
+use \EA\Engine\Api\V1\Response;
+use \EA\Engine\Api\V1\Request;
+use \EA\Engine\Types\NonEmptyString;
+
 /**
  * Categories Controller
  *
@@ -20,53 +24,125 @@ require_once __DIR__ . '/API_V1_Controller.php';
  * @subpackage API
  */
 class Categories extends API_V1_Controller {
+    /**
+     * Categories Resource Parser
+     * 
+     * @var \EA\Engine\Api\V1\Parsers\Categories
+     */
+    protected $parser; 
+
     /**
      * Class Constructor
      */
     public function __construct() {
         parent::__construct();
+        $this->load->model('services_model'); 
+        $this->parser = new \EA\Engine\Api\V1\Parsers\Categories;
     }
 
     /**
      * GET API Method 
      * 
      * @param int $id Optional (null), the record ID to be returned.
-     * 
-     * @return \EA\Engine\Api\V1\Response Returns data response. 
      */
     public function get($id = null) {
-        
+        try {
+            $condition = $id !== null ? 'id = ' . $id : ''; 
+            $categories = $this->services_model->get_all_categories($condition); 
+
+            if ($id !== null && count($categories) === 0) {
+                $this->_throwRecordNotFound();
+            }
+
+            $response = new Response($categories);
+
+            $response->encode($this->parser)
+                    ->search()
+                    ->sort()
+                    ->paginate()
+                    ->minimize()
+                    ->singleEntry($id)
+                    ->output();
+
+        } catch (\Exception $exception) {
+            $this->_handleException($exception);
+        }
     }
 
     /**
-     * POST API Method 
-     * 
-     * @return @return \EA\Engine\Api\V1\Response Returns data response. 
+     * POST API Method
      */
     public function post() {
-        
+        try {
+            // Insert the category to the database. 
+            $request = new Request(); 
+            $category = $request->getBody(); 
+            $this->parser->decode($category); 
+            
+            if (isset($category['id'])) {
+                unset($category['id']);
+            }
+
+            $id = $this->services_model->add_category($category);
+
+            // Fetch the new object from the database and return it to the client.
+            $batch = $this->services_model->get_all_categories('id = ' . $id); 
+            $response = new Response($batch); 
+            $status = new NonEmptyString('201 Created');
+            $response->encode($this->parser)->singleEntry(true)->output($status);
+        } catch (\Exception $exception) {
+            $this->_handleException($exception);
+        }
     }
 
     /**
      * PUT API Method 
      *
-     * @param int $id The record ID to be updated.
-     * 
-     * @return @return \EA\Engine\Api\V1\Response Returns data response. 
+     * @param int $id The record ID to be updated. 
      */
     public function put($id) {
+        try {
+            // Update the category record. 
+            $batch = $this->services_model->get_all_categories('id = ' . $id); 
 
+            if ($id !== null && count($batch) === 0) {
+                $this->_throwRecordNotFound();
+            }
+            
+            $request = new Request(); 
+            $updatedCategory = $request->getBody(); 
+            $baseCategory = $batch[0];
+            $this->parser->decode($updatedCategory, $baseCategory); 
+            $updatedCategory['id'] = $id; 
+            $id = $this->services_model->add_category($updatedCategory);
+            
+            // Fetch the updated object from the database and return it to the client.
+            $batch = $this->services_model->get_all_categories('id = ' . $id); 
+            $response = new Response($batch); 
+            $response->encode($this->parser)->singleEntry($id)->output(); 
+        } catch (\Exception $exception) {
+            $this->_handleException($exception);
+        }
     }
 
     /**
      * DELETE API Method 
      *
-     * @param int $id The record ID to be deleted.
-     * 
-     * @return @return \EA\Engine\Api\V1\Response Returns data response. 
+     * @param int $id The record ID to be deleted. 
      */
     public function delete($id) {
+        try {
+            $result = $this->services_model->delete_category($id);
 
+            $response = new Response([
+                'code' => 200, 
+                'message' => 'Record was deleted successfully!'
+            ]);
+
+            $response->output();
+        } catch (\Exception $exception) {
+            $this->_handleException($exception);
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/engine/Api/V1/Parsers/Categories.php b/src/engine/Api/V1/Parsers/Categories.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..295a8fb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/engine/Api/V1/Parsers/Categories.php
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+<?php 
+
+/* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * Easy!Appointments - Open Source Web Scheduler
+ *
+ * @package     EasyAppointments
+ * @author      A.Tselegidis <alextselegidis@gmail.com>
+ * @copyright   Copyright (c) 2013 - 2016, Alex Tselegidis
+ * @license     http://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-3.0 - GPLv3
+ * @link        http://easyappointments.org
+ * @since       v1.2.0
+ * ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+namespace EA\Engine\Api\V1\Parsers; 
+
+/**
+ * Categories Parser 
+ *
+ * This class will handle the encoding and decoding from the API requests. 
+ */
+class Categories implements ParsersInterface {
+    /**
+     * Encode Response Array 
+     * 
+     * @param array &$response The response to be encoded.
+     */
+    public function encode(array &$response) {
+        $encodedResponse = [
+            'id' => $response['id'] !== null ? (int)$response['id'] : null,
+            'name' => $response['name'],
+            'description' => $response['description']
+        ];
+
+        $response = $encodedResponse; 
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Decode Request 
+     * 
+     * @param array &$request The request to be decoded. 
+     * @param array $base Optional (null), if provided it will be used as a base array. 
+     */
+    public function decode(array &$request, array $base = null) {
+        $decodedRequest = $base ?: []; 
+
+        if (!empty($request['id'])) {
+            $decodedRequest['id'] = $request['id']; 
+        }
+
+        if (!empty($request['name'])) {
+            $decodedRequest['name'] = $request['name']; 
+        }
+
+        if (!empty($request['description'])) {
+            $decodedRequest['description'] = $request['description']; 
+        }
+
+        $request = $decodedRequest; 
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/php/engine/Api/V1/fixtures/category.json b/test/php/engine/Api/V1/fixtures/category.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..25276bd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/php/engine/Api/V1/fixtures/category.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "id": 5, 
+    "name": "Test Category", 
+    "description": "This category includes test services"
+}