public function create_product_category( $data ) {
		global $wpdb;

		try {
			if ( ! isset( $data['product_category'] ) ) {
				throw new WC_API_Exception( 'woocommerce_api_missing_product_category_data', sprintf( __( 'No %1$s data specified to create %1$s', 'woocommerce' ), 'product_category' ), 400 );
			}

			// Check permissions
			if ( ! current_user_can( 'manage_product_terms' ) ) {
				throw new WC_API_Exception( 'woocommerce_api_user_cannot_create_product_category', __( 'You do not have permission to create product categories', 'woocommerce' ), 401 );
			}

			$defaults = array(
				'name'        => '',
				'slug'        => '',
				'description' => '',
				'parent'      => 0,
				'display'     => 'default',
				'image'       => '',
			);

			$data = wp_parse_args( $data['product_category'], $defaults );
			$data = apply_filters( 'woocommerce_api_create_product_category_data', $data, $this );

			// Check parent.
			$data['parent'] = absint( $data['parent'] );
			if ( $data['parent'] ) {
				$parent = get_term_by( 'id', $data['parent'], 'product_cat' );
				if ( ! $parent ) {
					throw new WC_API_Exception( 'woocommerce_api_invalid_product_category_parent', __( 'Product category parent is invalid', 'woocommerce' ), 400 );
				}
			}

			// If value of image is numeric, assume value as image_id.
			$image    = $data['image'];
			$image_id = 0;
			if ( is_numeric( $image ) ) {
				$image_id = absint( $image );
			} elseif ( ! empty( $image ) ) {
				$upload   = $this->upload_product_category_image( esc_url_raw( $image ) );
				$image_id = $this->set_product_category_image_as_attachment( $upload );
			}

			$insert = wp_insert_term( $data['name'], 'product_cat', $data );
			if ( is_wp_error( $insert ) ) {
				throw new WC_API_Exception( 'woocommerce_api_cannot_create_product_category', $insert->get_error_message(), 400 );
			}

			$id = $insert['term_id'];

			update_term_meta( $id, 'display_type', 'default' === $data['display'] ? '' : sanitize_text_field( $data['display'] ) );

			// Check if image_id is a valid image attachment before updating the term meta.
			if ( $image_id && wp_attachment_is_image( $image_id ) ) {
				update_term_meta( $id, 'thumbnail_id', $image_id );
			}

			do_action( 'woocommerce_api_create_product_category', $id, $data );

			$this->server->send_status( 201 );

			return $this->get_product_category( $id );
		} catch ( WC_API_Exception $e ) {
			return new WP_Error( $e->getErrorCode(), $e->getMessage(), array( 'status' => $e->getCode() ) );
		}
	}