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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.

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-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @iTmp0 int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

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

    DECLARE @http int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Http', @http OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    -- Use your WordPress login, such as "admin", not the application name.
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @http, 'Login', 'wp_username'
    -- Use the application password, such as "Nths RwVH eDJ4 weNZ orMN jabq"
    -- See WordPress Application Passwords Plugin
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @http, 'Password', 'app_password'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @http, 'BasicAuth', 1

    -- Create the tag "ChatGPT" if it does not already exist.
    DECLARE @json int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @json OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, '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.
    DECLARE @resp int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.HttpResponse', @resp OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @http, 'HttpJson', @success OUT, 'POST', 'https://cknotes.com/wp-json/wp/v2/tags', @json, 'application/json', @resp
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @http, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @resp
        RETURN
      END

    DECLARE @jResp int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @jResp OUT

    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @resp, 'BodyStr', @sTmp0 OUT
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jResp, 'Load', @success OUT, @sTmp0

    -- Check if the tag already exists..
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @resp, 'StatusCode', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 = 400
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @jResp, 'HasMember', @iTmp0 OUT, 'code'
        IF @iTmp0 = 1
          BEGIN
            EXEC sp_OAMethod @jResp, 'StringOfEquals', @iTmp0 OUT, 'code', 'term_exists', 1
            IF @iTmp0 = 1
              BEGIN
                -- The tag already exists.

                PRINT 'The tag already exists.'

                EXEC sp_OAMethod @jResp, 'IntOf', @iTmp0 OUT, 'data.term_id'
                PRINT 'Tag ID: ' + @iTmp0
                EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
                EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
                EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @resp
                EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jResp
                RETURN
              END
          END

        -- Fall through to check for errors.
      END

    -- Check for errors.
    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @resp, 'StatusCode', @iTmp0 OUT
    IF @iTmp0 <> 201
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @resp, 'BodyStr', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0

        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @resp, 'StatusCode', @iTmp0 OUT
        PRINT 'status code = ' + @iTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @resp
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jResp
        RETURN
      END

    -- We get here if the tag was created..

    PRINT 'The tag was created.'

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jResp, 'IntOf', @iTmp0 OUT, 'id'
    PRINT 'Tag ID = ' + @iTmp0

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @resp
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jResp


END
GO