Classic ASP

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. Classic ASP

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<%
success = 0

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

set http = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")

'  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 = 1

'  Create the tag "ChatGPT" if it does not already exist.
set json = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = 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.
set resp = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.HttpResponse")
success = http.HttpJson("POST","https://cknotes.com/wp-json/wp/v2/tags",json,"application/json",resp)
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( http.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

set jResp = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = jResp.Load(resp.BodyStr)

'  Check if the tag already exists..
If (resp.StatusCode = 400) Then
    If (jResp.HasMember("code") = 1) Then
        If (jResp.StringOfEquals("code","term_exists",1) = 1) Then
            '  The tag already exists.
            Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "The tag already exists.") & "</pre>"
            Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Tag ID: " & jResp.IntOf("data.term_id")) & "</pre>"
            Response.End
        End If

    End If

    '  Fall through to check for errors.
End If

'  Check for errors.
If (resp.StatusCode <> 201) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( resp.BodyStr) & "</pre>"
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "status code = " & resp.StatusCode) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

'  We get here if the tag was created..
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "The tag was created.") & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Tag ID = " & jResp.IntOf("id")) & "</pre>"

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