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Create Task via URL

cmicus says:
Hello,

I am trying to create tasks in RTM via calling an URL. I have a task list in structured form in Excel. I want to create a formula or VBA script to be able to create a RTM task with the information in excel for some of the tasks.

I already tried different approaches with the Quick Add feature but I wasn't successfull until now.

My goal is to have a (generated) URL which is simply called with my default browser where I am logged in to RTM.

Any ideas on this?
Posted at 9:23am on November 6, 2015
robert.ward says:
If you are moderately knowledgable with a programming language or two, you could probably make use of the API for this. Since you mention VBA I assume you might be able to.

I've had success using one of the third party Python API kits (pyrtm). I'll post a link to the source code (once I get it on Github).

But here is a start:

https://www.rememberthemilk.com/services/api/
Posted 9 years ago
robert.ward says:
Another idea is to copy all of those tasks and paste them in an email (be sure to format as Text since Excel can cause some goofy formatting). I used to do this often.

Note that you are limited to 50 tasks per import.

https://www.rememberthemilk.com/services/email/#import
Posted 9 years ago
andrewski (Remember The Milk) says:
In addition to what robert.ward mentioned, there's also a third-party import tool that isn't limited to 50 tasks like our email service is.

You could use steps like these to massage the data in Excel into Smart Add syntax, then use whichever import tool you want to import the tasks to your account.

Let us know if we can help any further!
Posted 9 years ago
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