LiveWork API Method: projects create

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LiveWork API Method: projects/create

Creates a new project.

Request

HTTP Method:

POST

URL:

http://www.livework.com/api/v1/projects.<format>

Formats:

xml

Parameters:

Parameter	Status	Format	Default	Description
format	Optional	string	xml	The format of the response.
project[title]	Required	string	nil	The title of the project.
project[category_id]	Required	integer	nil
project[description]	Required	text	nil
project[requirements]	Required	text	nil
project[start_date]	Required	date	nil
project[max_experts]	Required	integer	nil
project[expert_fixed]	Optional	decimal	nil	Set if experts are paid per task finished
project[expert_hourly]	Optional	decimal	nil	Set if experts are paid by the hour
project[provider_percentage]	Optional	integer	nil	Set percentage provider receives from expert's work
project[work_engine_id]	Optional	integer	nil
project[work_type]	Optional	string (hourly, ongoing)	nil
project[budget]	Optional	integer	nil
project[work_per_week]	Optional	integer	nil
project[end_date]	Optional	date	nil
project[has_providers]	Optional	boolean	nil
project[max_providers]	Optional	integer	nil
project[use_parent_schedule]	Optional	boolean	nil	Should subprojects use the parent's project's schedule (as opposed to use their own individual and unique schedule)?
project[seconds_to_complete_task]	Optional	integer	nil	How long a task is only visible to scheduled users before being exposed to non-schedule users

Notes

It's important to note that expert_fixed and expert_hourly cannot both be set at the same time. If both are set, undefined behavior will result. One of these values must be set to nil in order for payment to work correctly.

Subprojects are projects