Java

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. Chilkat2 Java

import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Http;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.HttpResponse;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.JsonObject;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
        // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

        Http http = new Http();

        // Use your WordPress login, such as "admin", not the application name.
        http.setLogin("wp_username");
        // Use the application password, such as "Nths RwVH eDJ4 weNZ orMN jabq"
        // See WordPress Application Passwords Plugin
        http.setPassword("app_password");
        http.setBasicAuth(true);

        // Create the tag "ChatGPT" if it does not already exist.
        JsonObject json = new 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.
        HttpResponse resp = new HttpResponse();
        try {
            http.httpJson("POST", "https://cknotes.com/wp-json/wp/v2/tags", json, "application/json", resp);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        JsonObject jResp = new JsonObject();
        jResp.load(resp.getBodyStr());

        // Check if the tag already exists..
        if (resp.getStatusCode() == 400) {
            if (jResp.hasMember("code")) {
                if (jResp.stringOfEquals("code", "term_exists", true)) {
                    // The tag already exists.
                    System.out.println("The tag already exists.");
                    System.out.println("Tag ID: " + jResp.intOf("data.term_id"));
                    return;
                }
            }

            // Fall through to check for errors.
        }

        // Check for errors.
        if (resp.getStatusCode() != 201) {
            System.out.println(resp.getBodyStr());
            System.out.println("status code = " + resp.getStatusCode());
            return;
        }

        // We get here if the tag was created..
        System.out.println("The tag was created.");
        System.out.println("Tag ID = " + jResp.intOf("id"));
    }
}