Create Custom Field Values

Often we want to create an item AND set the CustomFieldValue object initially without having to log into Project Insight and do it manually.

The easiest way to do this:

C#

var client = new RestClient("https://{YOUR_DOMAIN}/api/project/");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("postman-token", "5203eb17-247c-cbce-6a6e-d0a68f0c5e9f");
request.AddHeader("cache-control", "no-cache");
request.AddHeader("content-type", "application/json");
request.AddHeader("api-token", "{YOUR_API_TOKEN}");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\r\n\"Name\":\"Project Web Api 822b\",\r\n\"ItemContainer_Id\":\"ef076503622a4a129d2f151cc4372830\",\r\n\"ItemNumber\":11,\r\n\"Description\":\"Created using Project Insight Web Api (REST) 822b\",\r\n\"ProjectMode\":1 ,\r\n\"CustomFieldValue\": {}\r\n}\r\n\r\n", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);

cURL

curl -X POST \
  https://{YOUR_DOMAIN}/api/project/ \
  -H 'api-token: {YOUR_API_TOKEN}' \
  -H 'cache-control: no-cache' \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -H 'postman-token: 29e078c4-5578-b099-0305-2f497fab7a62' \
  -d '{
"Name":"Project Web Api 822b",
"ItemContainer_Id":"ef076503622a4a129d2f151cc4372830",
"ItemNumber":11,
"Description":"Created using Project Insight Web Api (REST) 822b",
"ProjectMode":1 ,
"CustomFieldValue": {}
}
'

HTTP Request

POST /projectinsight.webapp/api/project/ HTTP/1.1
Host: dev22.sandbox.projectinsight.net
api-token: {YOUR_API_TOKEN}
Content-Type: application/json
Cache-Control: no-cache
Postman-Token: bf79c352-821b-ad06-3c90-1d6d1633f5d2

{
"Name":"Project Web Api 822b",
"ItemContainer_Id":"ef076503622a4a129d2f151cc4372830",
"ItemNumber":11,
"Description":"Created using Project Insight Web Api (REST) 822b",
"ProjectMode":1 ,
"CustomFieldValue": {}
}

Make sure to create a CustomFieldValue object and set it on the object, otherwise, you'll have to make another rest call in order to update the object by setting the CustomFieldValue_Id property.

Happy coding!