B4X

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. B4X

Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim http As ChilkatHttp
http.Initialize("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 = True

'  Create the tag "ChatGPT" if it does not already exist.
Dim json As ChilkatJsonObject
json.Initialize
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.
Dim resp As ChilkatHttpResponse
resp.Initialize
success = http.HttpJson("POST", "https://cknotes.com/wp-json/wp/v2/tags", json, "application/json", resp)
If success = False Then
    Log(http.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


Dim jResp As ChilkatJsonObject
jResp.Initialize
jResp.Load(resp.BodyStr)

'  Check if the tag already exists..
If resp.StatusCode = 400 Then
    If jResp.HasMember("code") = True Then
        If jResp.StringOfEquals("code", "term_exists", True) = True Then
            '  The tag already exists.
            Log("The tag already exists.")
            Log("Tag ID: " & jResp.IntOf("data.term_id"))
            Return
        End If

    End If


    '  Fall through to check for errors.
End If


'  Check for errors.
If resp.StatusCode <> 201 Then
    Log(resp.BodyStr)
    Log("status code = " & resp.StatusCode)
    Return
End If


'  We get here if the tag was created..
Log("The tag was created.")
Log("Tag ID = " & jResp.IntOf("id"))