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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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#include <C_CkHttpW.h>
#include <C_CkJsonObjectW.h>
#include <C_CkHttpResponseW.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkHttpW http;
    HCkJsonObjectW json;
    HCkHttpResponseW resp;
    HCkJsonObjectW jResp;

    success = FALSE;

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

    http = CkHttpW_Create();

    // Use your WordPress login, such as "admin", not the application name.
    CkHttpW_putLogin(http,L"wp_username");
    // Use the application password, such as "Nths RwVH eDJ4 weNZ orMN jabq"
    // See WordPress Application Passwords Plugin
    CkHttpW_putPassword(http,L"app_password");
    CkHttpW_putBasicAuth(http,TRUE);

    // Create the tag "ChatGPT" if it does not already exist.
    json = CkJsonObjectW_Create();
    CkJsonObjectW_UpdateString(json,L"name",L"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 = CkHttpResponseW_Create();
    success = CkHttpW_HttpJson(http,L"POST",L"https://cknotes.com/wp-json/wp/v2/tags",json,L"application/json",resp);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkHttpW_lastErrorText(http));
        CkHttpW_Dispose(http);
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
        CkHttpResponseW_Dispose(resp);
        return;
    }

    jResp = CkJsonObjectW_Create();
    CkJsonObjectW_Load(jResp,CkHttpResponseW_bodyStr(resp));

    // Check if the tag already exists..
    if (CkHttpResponseW_getStatusCode(resp) == 400) {
        if (CkJsonObjectW_HasMember(jResp,L"code") == TRUE) {
            if (CkJsonObjectW_StringOfEquals(jResp,L"code",L"term_exists",TRUE) == TRUE) {
                // The tag already exists.
                wprintf(L"The tag already exists.\n");
                wprintf(L"Tag ID: %d\n",CkJsonObjectW_IntOf(jResp,L"data.term_id"));
                CkHttpW_Dispose(http);
                CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
                CkHttpResponseW_Dispose(resp);
                CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(jResp);
                return;
            }

        }

        // Fall through to check for errors.
    }

    // Check for errors.
    if (CkHttpResponseW_getStatusCode(resp) != 201) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkHttpResponseW_bodyStr(resp));
        wprintf(L"status code = %d\n",CkHttpResponseW_getStatusCode(resp));
        CkHttpW_Dispose(http);
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
        CkHttpResponseW_Dispose(resp);
        CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(jResp);
        return;
    }

    // We get here if the tag was created..
    wprintf(L"The tag was created.\n");
    wprintf(L"Tag ID = %d\n",CkJsonObjectW_IntOf(jResp,L"id"));


    CkHttpW_Dispose(http);
    CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(json);
    CkHttpResponseW_Dispose(resp);
    CkJsonObjectW_Dispose(jResp);

    }