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LiquidPlanner uses a RESTful web service API. You can download the API Guide (PDF) for offline reference. Most actions that you can perform within the application can be automated using the API -- for example, you can create a task, comment on the task, track time against it, and then mark it done.
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To create a task, you:
- POST to the /tasks resource of the workspace
- With a parameter named “task” whose value is a hash of task attributes
- With task attributes including at least “name” and “parent_id”
Supposing we want to add a task “learn the API” within a project “Project A” (project_id = 146269):
% curl https://app.liquidplanner.com/api/workspaces/:id/tasks \
-d '{"task": {"name": "learn the API", "parent_id": 146269}}'
{
"name": "learn the API",
"id": 79104,
"project_id": 146269
...
}
Status: 201If you get an error here, double-check that you’ve set the Content-Type of your request to “application/json” using your curl configuration file.
