# Cannot add tags via the API

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-add-tags-via-the-api/44120
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 12, 2016, 2:10pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-add-tags-via-the-api/44120 "2016-05-12T14:10:59Z")
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### Author: ![fefrei](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/fefrei/32/119538_2.png) [@fefrei](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fefrei)
#### Post date: [May 12, 2016, 2:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-add-tags-via-the-api/44120/2 "2016-05-12T14:24:10Z")

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Aha, I found it. As it turns out, the slug is required and must be correct for the API call to work.  
That’s slightly annoying, but a solvable problem 🙂

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