(Node.js) 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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var os = require('os');
if (os.platform() == 'win32') {  
    if (os.arch() == 'ia32') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-win-ia32');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-win64'); 
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'linux') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-arm');
    } else if (os.arch() == 'x86') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-linux32');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-linux64');
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'darwin') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm64') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-mac-m1');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node21-macosx');
    }
}

function chilkatExample() {

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

    var http = new chilkat.Http();
    var 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.
    var 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.
    // resp: HttpResponse
    var resp = http.PostJson3("https://cknotes.com/wp-json/wp/v2/tags","application/json",json);
    if (http.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
        console.log(http.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    var 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.
                console.log("The tag already exists.");
                console.log("Tag ID: " + jResp.IntOf("data.term_id"));

                return;
            }

        }

        // Fall through to check for errors.
    }

    // Check for errors.
    if (resp.StatusCode !== 201) {
        console.log(resp.BodyStr);
        console.log("status code = " + resp.StatusCode);

        return;
    }

    // We get here if the tag was created..
    console.log("The tag was created.");
    console.log("Tag ID = " + jResp.IntOf("id"));


}

chilkatExample();