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# Updates a tag globally for task templates.

POST https://api.awork.com/api/v1/tasktemplates/updatetags
Content-Type: application/json

Updates a tag globally for task templates. The renamed or merged tag is applied to matching task templates.The user must be an admin or have `task-manage-config:write` permissions.

Reference: https://developers.awork.com/apiv1/task-template-tags/post-task-templates-update-tags

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your auth token.

## Request

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects a TagUpdateForm.

- `oldTagName` (string, required) — The old name of the tag.
- `newTag` (TagForm, required)
- `shouldMerge` (boolean, optional, nullable) — If true, merge the tags if they already exist. If false, throw an error if the tag already exists.

## Response

### 204

No Content

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

Bad Request

- `code` (string, required) — The error code.
- `description` (string, required) — The description of the error.
- `link` (string, required) — The link to the API documentation page.
- `details` (list of string, optional, nullable) — A list of details describing the error.
- `validationErrors` (list of ValidationErrorResponse, optional, nullable) — If a validation error occurred, this contains the validation errors for each property.
- `traceId` (string, optional, nullable) — The request trace id for tracking the request.

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Unauthorized

- `code` (string, required) — The error code.
- `description` (string, required) — The description of the error.
- `link` (string, required) — The link to the API documentation page.
- `details` (list of string, optional, nullable) — A list of details describing the error.
- `validationErrors` (list of ValidationErrorResponse, optional, nullable) — If a validation error occurred, this contains the validation errors for each property.
- `traceId` (string, optional, nullable) — The request trace id for tracking the request.

## Types

### TagForm

- `name` (string, required) — The name of the tag to delete.
- `color` (string, optional, nullable) — The color of the tag. Use one of 'red', 'coral', 'yellow', 'green', 'teal', 'arctic', 'blue', 'azure', 'purple', 'violet'.

### ValidationErrorResponse

The validation error response.

- `property` (string, optional, nullable) — The name of the property that failed validation.
- `message` (string, optional, nullable) — The reason why this property failed validation.

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "oldTagName": "Design",
  "newTag": {
    "name": "Design"
  }
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.awork.com/api/v1/tasktemplates/updatetags"

payload = {
    "oldTagName": "Design",
    "newTag": { "name": "Design" }
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.awork.com/api/v1/tasktemplates/updatetags';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"oldTagName":"Design","newTag":{"name":"Design"}}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.awork.com/api/v1/tasktemplates/updatetags"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"oldTagName\": \"Design\",\n  \"newTag\": {\n    \"name\": \"Design\"\n  }\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.awork.com/api/v1/tasktemplates/updatetags")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"oldTagName\": \"Design\",\n  \"newTag\": {\n    \"name\": \"Design\"\n  }\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.awork.com/api/v1/tasktemplates/updatetags")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"oldTagName\": \"Design\",\n  \"newTag\": {\n    \"name\": \"Design\"\n  }\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://api.awork.com/api/v1/tasktemplates/updatetags', [
  'body' => '{
  "oldTagName": "Design",
  "newTag": {
    "name": "Design"
  }
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.awork.com/api/v1/tasktemplates/updatetags");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"oldTagName\": \"Design\",\n  \"newTag\": {\n    \"name\": \"Design\"\n  }\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = [
  "oldTagName": "Design",
  "newTag": ["name": "Design"]
] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.awork.com/api/v1/tasktemplates/updatetags")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```