API Call Samples

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Function Details

Name	Guid Required	Description
SaveProjectPriority	True	Creates a project priority if no ProjecPriorityId is specified or updates an existing project priority when a valid ProjecPriorityId is specified. You must be an account administrator to access this function.

Code Sample (Visual Basic, Dotnet Framework 4.x):

Public Class Sample
	
	Public Sub CodeSample_saveprojectpriority()
		Dim params = New NameValueCollection From {
					{"fct", "saveprojectpriority"},
					{"guid", "###"},
					{"projectpriorityid", "NULL"},
					{"projectpriorityname", "NULL"},
					{"myorder", "NULL"},
					{"isdefault", "NULL"}
		}

		Dim jsonText = apiCall(params)

		' https://www.newtonsoft.com/json suggested for JSON parsing to DotNet framework 4.x
		Dim jsonObj = Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JObject.Parse(jsonText)

		Dim success = jsonObj.Item("status").ToString <> "fail"
		Dim jResults = DirectCast(jsonObj.Item("results"), Newtonsoft.Json.Linq.JArray)

		
	End Sub
	    
	Function apiCall(_param As NameValueCollection) As String

		Dim wc As New System.Net.WebClient With {
			.Encoding = System.Text.Encoding.UTF8
		}

		' may be needed on some machines
		Net.ServicePointManager.SecurityProtocol = CType(Net.SecurityProtocolType.Tls12, Net.SecurityProtocolType)

		_param.Item("format") = "iso8601" ' json, with dates formatted as ISO8601 string

		Dim responseBytes = wc.UploadValues("https://api.aceproject.com", "POST", _param)
		Return System.Text.Encoding.UTF8.GetString(responseBytes)

	End Function

End Class

Parameter Details

Name	DataType	Is Nullable	Max length	Domain Values	Default Value	Is Required (Insert)	Is Required (Update)	Is Required	Description
Guid	String	False						True	Unique identifier for the authenticated user. The GUID has an expiry date and time which is managed automatically by the API.
ProjectPriorityId	Integer	True			NULL	False	True		Auto-generated unique identifier of a project priority.
ProjectPriorityName	String	True	50		NULL	True	False		Unique name given to a project priority.
ProjectPriorityDesc	String	True			NULL			False	Describes any relevant project priority information for the entry.
MyOrder	Decimal	True			NULL	True	False		Order number used for sorting related entries in lists.
IsDefault	Boolean	True		True or False	NULL	True	False		Indicates whether the entry is the default value selected in lists.
Format	String	False		RS: RecordSet DS: DataSet JSON: JSON	DS			True	Return Format