(CkPython) 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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import sys
import chilkat

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

http = chilkat.CkHttp()

# Use your WordPress login, such as "admin", not the application name.
http.put_Login("wp_username")
# Use the application password, such as "Nths RwVH eDJ4 weNZ orMN jabq"
# See WordPress Application Passwords Plugin
http.put_Password("app_password")
http.put_BasicAuth(True)

# Create the tag "ChatGPT" if it does not already exist.
json = chilkat.CkJsonObject()
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 is a CkHttpResponse
resp = http.PostJson3("https://cknotes.com/wp-json/wp/v2/tags","application/json",json)
if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() == False):
    print(http.lastErrorText())
    sys.exit()

jResp = chilkat.CkJsonObject()
jResp.Load(resp.bodyStr())

# Check if the tag already exists..
if (resp.get_StatusCode() == 400):
    if (jResp.HasMember("code") == True):
        if (jResp.StringOfEquals("code","term_exists",True) == True):
            # The tag already exists.
            print("The tag already exists.")
            print("Tag ID: " + str(jResp.IntOf("data.term_id")))

            sys.exit()

    # Fall through to check for errors.

# Check for errors.
if (resp.get_StatusCode() != 201):
    print(resp.bodyStr())
    print("status code = " + str(resp.get_StatusCode()))

    sys.exit()

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