Creating a new tag

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Check for compatibility first

Double check whether your API key or OAuth token is enabled to use the Tags feature.
For every account, you can check for features and limits with a preliminary API call.

Tags can be created via a POST method to http://api.rebrandly.com/v1/tags, which accepts a JSON object describing the Tag .

Tag Parameters

The table below shows the parameters you should specify when creating a Tag:

Link propertyTypeConstraintsDescription

name

string

required
UTF8
Min 2 chars

Unique name of the tag

color

string

optional
Valid hex

Hexadecimal representation of a color assigned to the tag

Creating a new Tag

$ curl http://api.rebrandly.com/tags \
-X POST \
-H 'Accept: application/json' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN_HERE' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '
{
  "name": "personal",
  "color": "ddeeff"
}'

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

JSON Response (just created Tag)

{
  "id": "3aehje9d536s46d59ba5bcf49b582ear",
  "name": "personal",
  "color": "#ddeeff"
}