How to create a Tag in Alfresco Java Web Services

[mazhar_shaukat]

Hi,

I'm trying to add a tag to a content. But for that purpose I need to create tags first.
Bu I can't find a way to create a new tag using Alfresco Web Services.
I'm using Alfresco Community 4.0.d

Thanks,
Mazhar

[scouil]

Hello,

If you're talking about the javascript API, here it is:
http://docs.alfresco.com/4.0/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.alfresco.enterprise.doc%2Freferences%2FAPI-JS-Sc...

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http://docs.alfresco.com/4.0/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.alfresco.enterprise.doc%2Freferences%2FAPI-JS-Sc...
(the tag is passed as a string)

[mazhar_shaukat]

Thanks Scouil for the reply, but I'm asking to do it in Java web service and not javascript

[mazhar_shaukat]

I'm still waiting desperately for a solution

[scouil]

Well the behaviour is the same in java:
http://dev.alfresco.com/resource/docs/java/repository/org/alfresco/service/cmr/tagging/TaggingServic...

addTag() takes the node to tag + the tag as a string

[mazhar_shaukat]

thanks again scouil for the reply. I have tried this but it gives me null pointer exception

[scouil]

Then double-check that the node that you want to tag isn't null.

Oh and, I'm not sure about this one, but maybe you first need to add the aspect cm:taggable to your node before being able to add a tag.
I'm not sure since I haven't tried it myself but it's possible that the "addTag" function doesn't automatically adds the aspect.