Import from wordpress json, admin permission denied

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I’m sure it’s my fault, but I can’t seem to import from a wordpress taxonomy json.

I get this:

[ERROR] Failed to import term "Nueva Trova":
{
  errors: [
    {
      message: "You don't have permission to access this.",
      extensions: [Object]
    }
  ],
  response: Response {
    status: 403,
    statusText: 'Forbidden',
    headers: Headers {
      'content-security-policy': "script-src 'self' 'unsafe-eval';worker-src 'self' blob:;child-src 'self' blob:;img-src 'self' data: blob: https://raw.githubusercontent.com https://avatars.githubusercontent.com;media-src 'self';connect-src 'self' https://* wss://*;default-src 'self';base-uri 'self';font-src 'self' https: data:;form-action 'self';frame-ancestors 'self';object-src 'none';script-src-attr 'none';style-src 'self' https: 'unsafe-inline'",
      'x-powered-by': 'Directus',
      'content-type': 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
      'content-length': '102',
      etag: 'W/"66-OPr7zxcJy7+HqVGdrFe1XpeEIao"',
      date: 'Tue, 15 Jul 2025 00:37:41 GMT',
      connection: 'keep-alive',
      'keep-alive': 'timeout=5'
    },
    body: ReadableStream { locked: true, state: 'closed', supportsBYOB: true },
    bodyUsed: true,
    ok: false,
    redirected: false,
    type: 'basic',
    url: 'http://89.117.51.136:8055/items/music_styles'
  }
}

As I said, I have a token that is admin, and it’s granted read, but not write? Seems like admin should be able to do anything.

Maybe I’m missing something in the docs.

Please share what is inside these "extensions: [Object]". This may help to better understand the problem

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Enter your choice: 4 :white_check_mark: Loaded wordpress-taxonomies.json. --- Preparing to import: difficulty --- - Uploading 2 records to the "difficulties" collection... [ERROR] Failed to import file for "difficulty": { "errors": [ { "message": "You don't have permission to access this.", "extensions": { "code": "FORBIDDEN" } } ], "response": {} } Does that help? I'm lost since admin should have any access no?

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I finally figured it out, and it had to do with the fact that I was trying to write to categories but it was setup as category. I didn’t think of that, but I’ve adjusted my script and now it works. I will be open sourcing this on GIT when I’m done for anyone looking to export from wordpress with custom post types and importing/creating in Directus.