(PowerShell) 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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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

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

$http = New-Object Chilkat_9_5_0.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.
$json = New-Object Chilkat_9_5_0.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 = $http.PostJson3("https://cknotes.com/wp-json/wp/v2/tags","application/json",$json)
if ($http.LastMethodSuccess -eq $false) {
    $($http.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$jResp = New-Object Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject
$jResp.Load($resp.BodyStr)

# Check if the tag already exists..
if ($resp.StatusCode -eq 400) {
    if ($jResp.HasMember("code") -eq $true) {
        if ($jResp.StringOfEquals("code","term_exists",$true) -eq $true) {
            # The tag already exists.
            $("The tag already exists.")
            $("Tag ID: " + $jResp.IntOf("data.term_id"))

            exit
        }

    }

    # Fall through to check for errors.
}

# Check for errors.
if ($resp.StatusCode -ne 201) {
    $($resp.BodyStr)
    $("status code = " + $resp.StatusCode)

    exit
}

# We get here if the tag was created..
$("The tag was created.")
$("Tag ID = " + $jResp.IntOf("id"))