API Call Samples

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Function Details
Name Guid Required Description
SaveTaskGroup True Creates a task group if no TaskGroupId is specified or updates an existing task group when a valid TaskGroupId is specified. You must be a project manager or an administrator to access this function.

Code Sample (Visual Basic, Dotnet Framework 4.x): 
Public Class Sample
	
	Public Sub CodeSample_savetaskgroup()
		Dim params = New NameValueCollection From {
					{"fct", "savetaskgroup"},
					{"guid", "###"},
					{"projectid", "NULL"},
					{"taskgroupid", "NULL"},
					{"taskgroupname", "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.
PortfolioId Integer True NULL True
ProjectId Integer True NULL True False Auto-generated unique identifier of a project.
TaskGroupId Integer True NULL False True Auto-generated unique identifier of a task group.
TaskGroupName String True 50 NULL True False Unique name given to a task group. The name must be unique within the project.
TaskGroupDesc String True NULL False Describes any relevant task group information for the entry.
Myorder Decimal True NULL False Order number used for sorting related entries in lists.
IsDefault Boolean True True or False NULL 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