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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. AutoIt

Local $bSuccess = False

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

$oHttp = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Http")

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

; Create the tag "ChatGPT" if it does not already exist.
$oJson = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
$oJson.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.
$oResp = ObjCreate("Chilkat.HttpResponse")
$bSuccess = $oHttp.HttpJson("POST","https://cknotes.com/wp-json/wp/v2/tags",$oJson,"application/json",$oResp)
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oHttp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

$oJResp = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
$oJResp.Load($oResp.BodyStr)

; Check if the tag already exists..
If ($oResp.StatusCode = 400) Then
    If ($oJResp.HasMember("code") = True) Then
        If ($oJResp.StringOfEquals("code","term_exists",True) = True) Then
            ; The tag already exists.
            ConsoleWrite("The tag already exists." & @CRLF)
            ConsoleWrite("Tag ID: " & $oJResp.IntOf("data.term_id") & @CRLF)
            Exit
        EndIf

    EndIf

    ; Fall through to check for errors.
EndIf

; Check for errors.
If ($oResp.StatusCode <> 201) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oResp.BodyStr & @CRLF)
    ConsoleWrite("status code = " & $oResp.StatusCode & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; We get here if the tag was created..
ConsoleWrite("The tag was created." & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite("Tag ID = " & $oJResp.IntOf("id") & @CRLF)