Overview

Creating elements with the FogBugz API is very simple and powerful. Just follow the instructions below to create any of the available elements.

Information

Project

To create a new Project, send cmd=newProject. The following arguments are available:

• sProject – The title of the new project
• ixPersonPrimaryContact
• fAllowPublicSubmit
• fInbox – default 0
• Returns – ixProject of the new project

Area

To create a new Area, send cmd=newArea. The following arguments are available:

• ixProject, sArea – The title of the new area
• ixPersonPrimaryContact – Use -1 for Project’s Primary Contact
• Returns – ixProject of the new project

Person

To create a new Person, send cmd=newPerson. The following arguments are available:

• sEmail – required
• sFullname – required
• nType – default 0. Set to 0 for a normal user, 1 for an administrator, 2 for a community user, and 3 for a virtual user
• fActive – default 1. Use only when creating new person
• sPassword – default = random
• sLocale – optional
• sLanguage – option optional
• sSnippetKey – optional
• fNotify – optional
• sPhone – optional
• sHomepage – optional
• fDeleted – optional. Set fDeleted to True to mark a user as Inactive (does not delete the user, or their history)
• Returns – ixPerson of the new person

Milestone

To create a new Milestone, send cmd=newFixFor. The following arguments are available:

• ixProject – required. Set ixProject to -1 to create a global milestone
• sFixFor – required. The title of the new milestone
• dtRelease – optional
• dtStart – optional
• sStartNote – optional
• fAssignable – optional
• Returns –  ixFixFor of the new Milestone

For more information, refer to the complete XML API documentation for FogBugz.