Project Categories API

List project categories

List all project categories for an account:

GET /project_categories

Response

Status: 200 OK
[
  {
    "id": 2,
    "sourceID": null,
    "reference": "small",
    "name": "Small",
    "description": "Less than 50 workdays and $50K",
    "position": 1,
    "created_at": "2016-12-23T05:09:03-06:00",
    "updated_at": "2016-12-23T05:09:03-06:00"
  },
  {
    "id": 3,
    "sourceID": null,
    "reference": "medium",
    "name": "Medium",
    "description": "Less than 200 workdays and $200K",
    "position": 2,
    "created_at": "2016-12-23T05:09:03-06:00",
    "updated_at": "2016-12-23T05:09:03-06:00"
  }
]

The response contains these fields by default. Filtering and pagination are available to reduce/limit the collection of project categories.

Collection Fields

By default the following fields will appear in collections of project categories:

id sourceID reference name description position created_at updated_at

Obtain a different set of fields using the ?fields=parameter.

Filtering

Filtering is available for the following fields:

id source sourceID disabled reference name created_at updated_at

The filters on source, sourceID, reference and name are not case sensitive.

Sorting

By default a collection of project categories is sorted ascending by id.

The following fields are accepted by the ?sort=parameter:

id sourceID reference name position created_at updated_at

Get a single project category

GET /project_categories/:id

Response

Status: 200 OK
{
  "attachments": [],
  "created_at": "2016-12-23T05:09:03-06:00",
  "description": "Less than 50 workdays and $50K",
  "disabled": false,
  "id": 2,
  "information": "A small project is not expected to exceed either of the following thresholds:\n\n* Internal effort: 50 workdays\n* Cost of purchases (including cost of external effort): $50K",
  "name": "Small",
  "position": 1,
  "reference": "small",
  "source": null,
  "sourceID": null,
  "updated_at": "2016-12-23T05:09:03-06:00"
}

The response contains these fields.

Create a project category

POST /project_categories

When creating a new project category these fields are available.

Response

Status: 201 Created
{
  "id": "...",
  "...": "..."
}

The response contains all fields of the created project category and is similar to the response in Get a single project category

Update a project category

PATCH /project_categories/:id

When updating a project category these fields are available.

Response

Status: 200 OK
{
  "id": "...",
  "...": "..."
}

The response contains all fields of the updated project category and is similar to the response in Get a single project category

Fields

attachments
Readonly aggregated Attachments
created_at
Readonly datetime — The date and time at which the project category was created.
description
Optional string (max 255) — The Description field is used to enter a very short description of the project category, for example “More than 200 workdays or $200K”.
disabled
Optional boolean, default: false — The Disabled box is checked when the project category may not be related to any more projects.
id
Readonly integer — The unique ID of the project category.
information
Optional text (max 64KB) — The Information field is used to add any additional information about the project category that might prove useful, especially for project managers when they need to decide which project category to select for a project.
information_attachments
Writeonly attachments The attachments used in the Information field.
name
Required string (max 128) — The Name field is used to enter the name of the project category. Ideally the name of a project category consists of a single word, such as “Large”.
position
Optional integer — The Position field dictates the position that the project category takes when it is displayed in a sorted list.
reference
Readonly string (max 128) — The Reference field is automatically set to the Name field value, written in lower case characters and with all spaces replaced by the underscore character. This reference can be used to link the project category to a project using the 4me REST API or the 4me Import functionality.
source
Optional string (max 30) - See source
sourceID
Optional string (max 128) - See source
updated_at
Readonly datetime — The date and time of the last update of the project category. If the project category has no updates it contains the created_at value.