# 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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**Post date:** [July 6, 2019, 11:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-add-tags-via-the-api/44120/6 "2019-07-06T23:51:25Z")

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Hello, i have mistake when update tag for topics with keyword search.

> Topic.find\_by(name: ‘quận 1 Dt:’).update\_all( tag: quận-1)

My console wrong? thank!

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