Add Task General Error 6500

Hello,

I'm trying to create a task following the guidelines on the API spec, but I can't get it to work. I tried several methidsbut I'm not getting significant enough infomation to figure out what's going on.

I tried POSTing the required fields (with and without &flag=internal attached) to: https://projectsapi.zoho.com/restapi/portal/xxxxxxxx/projects/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/tasks/?authtoken=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Payload:

{

"person_responsible": xxxx,

"tasklist_id": xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,

"name": "Test task",

"start_date": "11-13-2018",

"end_date": "11-14-2018",

"duration": 1,

"duration_type": "days",

"priority": "Medium",

"description": "test description",

"uploaddoc": "",

"start_time": "13:00",

"end_time": "13:00",

"owner_work": [],

"work_type": "work_in_percentage",

"custom_fields": {},

"completed_on": "",

"reminder": "",

"json_string": {}

}

Which yields...

{

"error": {

"code": 6831,

"message": "Input Parameter Missing"

}

As far as I can tell, all required parameters are there.

Then I tried submitting them via query string, and I'm not getting a useful error:

https://projectsapi.zoho.com/restapi/portal/647851543/projects/xxxxxxxxxxxx/tasks/?authtoken=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx&person_responsible=xxxxxxxx&tasklist_id=xxxxxxxxxxxx&name=Test%20task&start_date=11-13-2018&end_date=11-14-2018&duration=1&duration_type=days&priority=Medium&description=test%20description&uploaddoc=&start_time=13%3A00&end_time=13%3A00&owner_work=&work_type=work_in_percentage&custom_fields=&completed_on=&reminder=&json_string=

This method yields...

Via GET:

{

"error": {

"code": 6832,

"message": "Input Parameter Does not Match the Pattern Specified"

}

Via POST:

{

"error": {

"code": 6500,

"message": "General Error"

}

Are all fields required?

Which fields are optional and what do they default to?
Which is the preferred method: query string or payload?
Which HTTP method is the correct one?
Do you have a working sample URL/payload which I can work off of?

As far as I can tell the API spec doesn't answer this. Any help would be appreciated, thank you.

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