How to Bulk Update Tags

There are 2 ways to bulk update tags. First is from the Media Library, and the second one is by using the Tags API.

Bulk update tags in the Media Library

Here is a short video illustrating the bulk update in Media Library

Using Tags API

Using API is a powerful way to manage your assets. The tags API is designed to handle programmatically tag updates.

Add tags

cloudinary.v2.uploader.add_tag(tag, public_ids, options).then(callback);

Remove tags

cloudinary.v2.uploader.remove_tag(tag, public_ids, options, callback);

Remove all tags

cloudinary.v2.uploader.remove_all_tags(public_ids, options).then(callback);

Replacing tags

cloudinary.v2.uploader.replace_tag(tag, public_ids, options, callback);

Samples

Node.js

cloudinary.v2.uploader .add_tag('animal', [ 'dog', 'lion' ]) .then(result=>console.log(result));

Python

result = cloudinary.uploader\ .add_tag("animal", ["dog", "lion"])

PHP

$result = $cloudinary->uploadApi() ->addTag('animal', ['dog', 'lion']);

Java

result = cloudinary.uploader() .addTag("animal", ["dog", "lion"], ObjectUtils.emptyMap());

You can even go further and keep a list of your assets and tags in a CSV. In the example, tags_update.csv contains the list of public_ids and tags to be used for programmatically updating the tags in your product environment.

tags_update.csv

Then iterate through the CSV file to update the tags.

Sample code in Java

try

{
   BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("tags_update.csv"));
   while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) //returns a Boolean value
   {
      String[] result = line.split(splitBy); // use comma as separator
      result[0] - public ID
      result[1] - tag
      
      output = cloudinary.uploader().addTag(result[1],
      result[1], ObjectUtils.emptyMap());
   }
}
catch (IOException e)
{
   e.printStackTrace();
}