# GetTag Method no longer accessible via getTagManager

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gettag-method-no-longer-accessible-via-gettagmanager/25075>\
**Category:** Module Development\
**Created:** [May 16, 2019, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gettag-method-no-longer-accessible-via-gettagmanager/25075 "2019-05-16T16:53:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![anon55648468](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@anon55648468](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/anon55648468)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gettag-method-no-longer-accessible-via-gettagmanager/25075/1 "2019-05-16T16:53:42Z")

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Hi guys,

Just testing out module building for first time in V8, had previously dabbled in V7. It might be a simple one but I seem to have lost the ability to use the getTag as before.

In v7.9 my script would say  
Tag tag = context.getTagManager().getTag(TagPathParser.parseSafe(etc));

In V8 however, it can no longer find getTag when i type getTagManager(). Any ideas where i might be going wrong?

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2019, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gettag-method-no-longer-accessible-via-gettagmanager/25075/2 "2019-05-16T17:01:10Z")

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The APIs have changed, take a look at the [latest javadocs](http://files.inductiveautomation.com/sdk/javadoc/ignition80/8.0.1/index.html)

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**Author:** ![anon55648468](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f6c823/32.png) [@anon55648468](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/anon55648468)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 10:54am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gettag-method-no-longer-accessible-via-gettagmanager/25075/3 "2019-05-21T10:54:05Z")

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Hi Kevin, thanks for the pointer but I am little unsure still as to how the API has changed. I can see the difference between “Tag Collector” in that it now has no sub-interfaces listed (previously included “Tag Manager”). But what is the new method to obtain the “GetTag” function if it i cannot use a subinterface?

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 12:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gettag-method-no-longer-accessible-via-gettagmanager/25075/4 "2019-05-21T12:19:28Z")

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Let’s back up a little bit - what are you trying to accomplish here? Why were you getting a reference to the tag in 7.9?