AtTask API (504) Gateway Timeout Error

Question

I'm having issues with task creation (POST) queries. What I would like to know is this: is there POST query length limitation?

This string works:

http://012345.attask-ondemand.com/attask/api/task?method=post&sessio
nID=01234567895f475b8a01234567898c05&name=Test 9&projectID=0123456789034af693e3d
e0123456789&assignedToID=0123456789016e913d9f3a00123456789&estCompletionDate=2015
-05-01T08:55:36:000-0500  

and it's length is 252 characters.

However this one doesn't:

http://012345.attask-ondemand.com/attask/api/task?method=post&sessio
nID=01234567895f475b8a01234567898c05&name=Test 11&projectID=0123456789034af693e3d
e0123456789&assignedToID=0123456789016e913d9f3a00123456789&estCompletionDate=2015
-05-01T08:55:36:000-0500  

and it's length is 253 characters.

[UPDATE]

I have modified my query to include v4.0, so now it looks like:

 http://012345.attask-ondemand.com/attask/api/v4.0/login?method=post&...

However, I now receive the error The remote server returned an error: (400) Bad Request.

To answer Jim's questions, the original error I was receiving was The remote server retuned an error: (504) Gateway Timeout. and the language I'm using is C#.

Answer 1

There is not a query length limitation that I am aware of. I have used queries that are twice as long as the one you give an example of.

Try using a newer version of the api the newest api is 4.0. The post url would like like.

http://012345.attask-ondemand.com/attask/api/v4.0/task?method=post&sessio . . .

If you still have issues post the exact error message you are getting and what language you are using.

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UPDATE

Try using a JSON query to do the post. Using your above url example it would look like this.

Notice I am also just using a login method at the time of post instead of getting a session. So change the username and password to your attask login info.

See if this will give you better results and let me know.

https://012345.attask-ondemand.com/attask/api/v4.0/task?updates={"name":"Test 11","projectID":"0123456789034af693e3de0123456789","assignedToID":"0123456789016e913d9f3a00123456789","estCompletionDate":"2015-05-01T08:55:36:000-0500"}&method=post&username=admin@user.attask&password=user