How to set woocommerce product attribute programmatically?

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// Set the product attribute name
$attribute_name = 'color';

// Check if the attribute already exists
$attribute = wc_get_attribute($attribute_name);

if(!$attribute){
    // Define the attribute arguments
    $args = array(
        'name' => $attribute_name,
        'label' => ucwords($attribute_name),
        'type' => 'select',
        'default' => '',
        'position' => 0,
        'is_visible' => true,
        'is_variation' => true,
        'is_taxonomy' => false,
    );

    // Add the attribute
    $attribute_id = wc_create_attribute($args);
    
    // Set the attribute values
    $attribute_values = array('Red', 'Blue', 'Green');
    update_attribute_values($attribute_id, $attribute_values);
}

// Function to update attribute values
function update_attribute_values($attribute_id, $values){
    $attribute = wc_get_attribute($attribute_id);
    
    foreach($values as $value){
        // Check if the value already exists
        $term = get_term_by('name', $value, $attribute->slug);
        if(!$term){
            // Add the attribute value
            $term_args = array(
                'name' => $value,
                'slug' => $value,
                'term_group' => 0,
            );
            wp_insert_term($value, $attribute->slug, $term_args);
        }
    }
}