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lianja / Coupa Postman Collection - OAuth - Master / Create a Task against existing Project

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// This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
// See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

loHttp = createobject("CkHttp")

// Use this online tool to generate code from sample XML: Generate Code to Create XML

// The following XML is sent in the request body.

// <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
// <task>
//     <title>New Task for a project</title>
//     <description>Learning Tasks API</description>
//     <start-date>2021-11-23T00:00:00-08:00</start-date>
//     <percentage>10</percentage>
//     <linkable-id>15</linkable-id>
//     <linkable-type>Project</linkable-type>
//     <linkable>
//         <id>15</id>
//     </linkable>
// </task>
// 

loXml = createobject("CkXml")
loXml.Tag = "task"
loXml.UpdateChildContent("title","New Task for a project")
loXml.UpdateChildContent("description","Learning Tasks API")
loXml.UpdateChildContent("start-date","2021-11-23T00:00:00-08:00")
loXml.UpdateChildContentInt("percentage",10)
loXml.UpdateChildContentInt("linkable-id",15)
loXml.UpdateChildContent("linkable-type","Project")
loXml.UpdateChildContentInt("linkable|id",15)

// Adds the "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>" header.
loHttp.AuthToken = "<access_token>"

loSbRequestBody = createobject("CkStringBuilder")
loXml.GetXmlSb(loSbRequestBody)

loResp = loHttp.PTextSb("POST",'["id"]}]',loSbRequestBody,"utf-8","application/xml",.F.,.F.)
if (loHttp.LastMethodSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    release loHttp
    release loXml
    release loSbRequestBody
    return
endif

? str(loResp.StatusCode)
? loResp.BodyStr
release loResp


release loHttp
release loXml
release loSbRequestBody

Curl Command

curl -X POST
	-H "Authorization: Bearer <access_token>"
	-d '<task>
    <title>New Task for a project</title>
    <description>Learning Tasks API</description>
    <start-date>2021-11-23T00:00:00-08:00</start-date>
    <percentage>10</percentage>
    <linkable-id>15</linkable-id>
    <linkable-type>Project</linkable-type>
    <linkable>
        <id>15</id>
    </linkable>
</task>'
https://domain.com/projects/:project_id/tasks?fields=["id","created_at","updated_at","title","description","status","owner_id","due_date","start_date","duration","percentage","linkable_type","linkable_id",{ "owner": [ "id"]},{ "resolved_by": [ "id"]},{ "linkable": ["id","created_at","updated_at","name","active","open","description","mention_name","start_date","external_reference_number","end_date","commodity_id","status",{"template_group":["id","name",{"custom_fields": {}}]},{"category": ["id","name",{"custom_fields": {}}]},{"department":["id","name",{"custom_fields": {}}]},{"users": ["id","email",{"custom_fields": {}}]},{"commodity":["id","name",{"custom_fields": {}}]},{"custom_fields": {}}]},{ "created_by": [ "id"]},{ "updated_by": ["id"]}]

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Create a Task against existing Project",
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "<task>\n    <title>New Task for a project</title>\n    <description>Learning Tasks API</description>\n    <start-date>2021-11-23T00:00:00-08:00</start-date>\n    <percentage>10</percentage>\n    <linkable-id>15</linkable-id>\n    <linkable-type>Project</linkable-type>\n    <linkable>\n        <id>15</id>\n    </linkable>\n</task>",
      "options": {
        "raw": {
          "language": "xml"
        }
      }
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "{{URL}}/projects/:project_id/tasks?fields=[\"id\",\"created_at\",\"updated_at\",\"title\",\"description\",\"status\",\"owner_id\",\"due_date\",\"start_date\",\"duration\",\"percentage\",\"linkable_type\",\"linkable_id\",{ \"owner\": [ \"id\"]},{ \"resolved_by\": [ \"id\"]},{ \"linkable\": [\"id\",\"created_at\",\"updated_at\",\"name\",\"active\",\"open\",\"description\",\"mention_name\",\"start_date\",\"external_reference_number\",\"end_date\",\"commodity_id\",\"status\",{\"template_group\":[\"id\",\"name\",{\"custom_fields\": {}}]},{\"category\": [\"id\",\"name\",{\"custom_fields\": {}}]},{\"department\":[\"id\",\"name\",{\"custom_fields\": {}}]},{\"users\": [\"id\",\"email\",{\"custom_fields\": {}}]},{\"commodity\":[\"id\",\"name\",{\"custom_fields\": {}}]},{\"custom_fields\": {}}]},{ \"created_by\": [ \"id\"]},{ \"updated_by\": [\"id\"]}]",
      "host": [
        "{{URL}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "projects",
        ":project_id",
        "tasks"
      ],
      "query": [
        {
          "key": "fields",
          "value": "[\"id\",\"created_at\",\"updated_at\",\"title\",\"description\",\"status\",\"owner_id\",\"due_date\",\"start_date\",\"duration\",\"percentage\",\"linkable_type\",\"linkable_id\",{ \"owner\": [ \"id\"]},{ \"resolved_by\": [ \"id\"]},{ \"linkable\": [\"id\",\"created_at\",\"updated_at\",\"name\",\"active\",\"open\",\"description\",\"mention_name\",\"start_date\",\"external_reference_number\",\"end_date\",\"commodity_id\",\"status\",{\"template_group\":[\"id\",\"name\",{\"custom_fields\": {}}]},{\"category\": [\"id\",\"name\",{\"custom_fields\": {}}]},{\"department\":[\"id\",\"name\",{\"custom_fields\": {}}]},{\"users\": [\"id\",\"email\",{\"custom_fields\": {}}]},{\"commodity\":[\"id\",\"name\",{\"custom_fields\": {}}]},{\"custom_fields\": {}}]},{ \"created_by\": [ \"id\"]},{ \"updated_by\": [\"id\"]}]"
        }
      ],
      "variable": [
        {
          "key": "project_id",
          "value": "15"
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "response": [
  ]
}