(C#) WordPress Create Tag

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Demonstrates how to create a new tag in Wordpress, or to find the ID of an existing tag.

For more information, see https://wordpress.org/plugins/application-passwords/

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// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

Chilkat.Http http = new Chilkat.Http();
bool success;

// Use your WordPress login, such as "admin", not the application name.
http.Login = "wp_username";
// Use the application password, such as "Nths RwVH eDJ4 weNZ orMN jabq"
// See WordPress Application Passwords Plugin
http.Password = "app_password";
http.BasicAuth = true;

// Create the tag "ChatGPT" if it does not already exist.
Chilkat.JsonObject json = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
json.UpdateString("name","ChatGPT");

// This will create the tag if it does not yet exist.
// If the tag already exists, then a 400 status code is returned.
// If the tag deoes not yet exist, then a 201 status code is returned.
Chilkat.HttpResponse resp = http.PostJson3("https://cknotes.com/wp-json/wp/v2/tags","application/json",json);
if (http.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Chilkat.JsonObject jResp = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
jResp.Load(resp.BodyStr);

// Check if the tag already exists..
if (resp.StatusCode == 400) {
    if (jResp.HasMember("code") == true) {
        if (jResp.StringOfEquals("code","term_exists",true) == true) {
            // The tag already exists.
            Debug.WriteLine("The tag already exists.");
            Debug.WriteLine("Tag ID: " + Convert.ToString(jResp.IntOf("data.term_id")));

            return;
        }

    }

    // Fall through to check for errors.
}

// Check for errors.
if (resp.StatusCode != 201) {
    Debug.WriteLine(resp.BodyStr);
    Debug.WriteLine("status code = " + Convert.ToString(resp.StatusCode));

    return;
}

// We get here if the tag was created..
Debug.WriteLine("The tag was created.");
Debug.WriteLine("Tag ID = " + Convert.ToString(jResp.IntOf("id")));