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# Add or remove tags

> Add tags to an article by name, or remove them by ID. Inputs, cURL, Python and Node.js examples and an example response.

Source: https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/instapaper/tag_bookmark

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Add tags to an article by name, or remove them by ID.

Instapaper API: https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/instapaper.md

`POST https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/instapaper/bookmarks/{bookmark_id}/tag`

Access: write.

Adds the tag names you pass, creating any that do not exist, and removes the tag IDs you pass. Removals run before additions. Returns the full tag list of the article afterwards and the tags this call created. Reaches no one and is undone with another call, so it runs without asking.

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `bookmark_id` | integer | yes | Bookmark ID from list_bookmarks. |
| `add_tags` | string[] | no | Tag names to add. |
| `remove_tag_ids` | integer[] | no | Tag IDs to remove, from list_tags. |

## Request

**cURL**

```bash
curl -X POST https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/instapaper/bookmarks/1893240551/tag \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $COTLET_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"add_tags":["Cooking","Weeknight"]}'
```

**Python**

```python
result = client.call("instapaper", "tag_bookmark", {"bookmark_id":1893240551,"add_tags":["Cooking","Weeknight"]})
```

**Node.js**

```js
const result = await cotlet.call('instapaper', 'tag_bookmark', {"bookmark_id":1893240551,"add_tags":["Cooking","Weeknight"]});
```

**CLI**

```bash
cotlet call instapaper tag_bookmark --data '{"bookmark_id":1893240551,"add_tags":["Cooking","Weeknight"]}'
```

## Example response

```json
{
  "bookmark_id": 1893240551,
  "created_tags": [
    {
      "tag_id": 31,
      "name": "Weeknight"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    {
      "tag_id": 7,
      "name": "Cooking"
    },
    {
      "tag_id": 31,
      "name": "Weeknight"
    }
  ]
}
```

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1. Read the fields and their allowed values: GET https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/access-requests
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3. Show the user what you will send, then POST it as JSON to https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/access-requests.

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