code: def action_add(cls, request, category_list):
          if not category_list.editor.allow_add:
              raise SitecatsSecurityException('`action_add()` is not supported by `%s` category.' % category_list.alias)
          titles = request.POST.get('category_title', '').strip()
          if not titles:
              raise SitecatsSecurityException(
                  'Unsupported `category_title` value - `%s` - is passed to `action_add()`.' % titles)
          if category_list.editor.category_separator is None:
              titles = [titles]
          else:
              titles = [
                  title.strip() for title in titles.split(category_list.editor.category_separator) if title.strip()
              ]
          def check_max_num(num, max_num, category_title):
              if max_num is not None and num+1 > max_num:
                  subcats_str = ungettext_lazy('subcategory', 'subcategories', max_num)
                  error_msg = _(
                      'Unable to add "%(target_category)s" category into "%(parent_category)s": '
                      'parent category can have at most %(num)s %(subcats_str)s.'
                  ) % {
                      'target_category': category_title,
                      'parent_category': category_list.get_title(),
                      'num': max_num,
                      'subcats_str': subcats_str
                  }
                  raise SitecatsValidationError(error_msg)
          target_category = None
          for category_title in titles:
              exists = get_cache().find_category(category_list.alias, category_title)
              if exists and category_list.obj is None:
                  return exists
              if not exists and not category_list.editor.allow_new:
                  error_msg = _(
                      'Unable to create a new "%(new_category)s" category inside of "%(parent_category)s": '
                      'parent category does not support this action.'
                  ) % {
                      'new_category': category_title,
                      'parent_category': category_list.get_title()
                  }
                  raise SitecatsNewCategoryException(error_msg)
              max_num = category_list.editor.max_num
              child_ids = get_cache().get_child_ids(category_list.alias)
              if not exists:
                  if category_list.obj is None:
                      check_max_num(len(child_ids), max_num, category_title)
                  target_category = get_category_model().add(
                      category_title, request.user, parent=category_list.get_category_model()
                  )
              else:
                  target_category = exists
              if category_list.obj is not None:
                  check_max_num(category_list.obj.get_ties_for_categories_qs(child_ids).count(), max_num, category_title)
                  category_list.obj.add_to_category(target_category, request.user)
          return target_category