API – Fog Creek Knowledge Base

XML API Documentation

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FogBugz includes a RESTful API, which lets you perform almost all of the actions you can in the web UI from a script or application. The calls are simple GET or POST requests containing key/value pairs, so you can use it from any language or platform. All responses are in XML format. To make it even easier to use, we also wrote a Python wrapper!

How To Get a FogBugz XML API Token

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FogBugz On Demand and FogBugz On Site You need a token to do anything with the FogBugz API. Here’s how to get one: Head over to your User Options Page (Avatar > Options) Click the “Create API Token” button That’s it! There is no step 3 You can also use cmd=logon in the XML API […]

Using the FogBugz XML API to Import Tasks from Excel

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Once upon a time, an awesome customer put together this short tutorial on using the XML API to import tasks from Microsoft Excel. The tutorial content has been slightly modified since then, but the general steps are the same. For example, let’s say you have 500+ tasks in Excel with these columns: Project Area Title […]

Access Custom Fields and Other Plugin Data with the XML API

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FogBugz 8 As of FogBugz 8.0, you can now get and set plugin values (Custom Fields plugin or another such as Project Backlog or Kanban) on cases if you know their super-secret (long) name. You can get values if you only know part of the name, which will also then tell you the long name. […]

Removing Email Auto-Complete Entries

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FogBugz will automatically complete any previously entered email addresses it comes across. Hooray! Sometimes, an address needs to be removed because it’s out of date or incorrect. Email addresses are removed through the FogBugz XML API. Here’s how to do it: Steps Log On to the FogBugz XML API Acquire an API Token. Now you can issue […]

Using JSON with the FogBugz API

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If you’re using FogBugz On Demand, you can send JSON requests to the FogBugz API and receive JSON responses in return. For complete documentation on supported commands and arguments, please see our XML API documentation. There are a few key differences to consider when building your JSON requests: The API URL will be: https://yoursite.fogbugz.com/f/api/0/jsonapi Only POST […]