Project Management

Create Project

Introduction

Create a new project in your default organization.

Description

Create a project with the specified name and programming language. If the project-name already exists, API call returns success:false with exception details in the errors array.

Request

Name and language of the project to create. The /projects/create API accepts requests in the following format:

CreateProjectRequest Model - Request to create a project with the specified name and language via QuantConnect.com API.
name string
Project name.
language string Enum
Programming langage to use. Options : ['C#', 'Py']
organizationId string
Optional parameter for specifying organization to create project under. If none provided web defaults to preferred.
Example 
{
  "name": "string",
  "language": "C#",
  "organizationId": "string"
}

Responses

The /projects/create API provides a response in the following format:

200 Success

ProjectListResponse Model - Project list response.
projects Project Array
List of projects for the authenticated user.
versions LeanVersion Array
List of LEAN versions.
success boolean
Indicate if the API request was successful.
errors string Array
List of errors with the API call.
Example 
{
  "projects": [
    {
      "projectId": 0,
      "organizationId": 0,
      "name": "string",
      "modified": "2021-11-26T15:18:27.693Z",
      "created": "2021-11-26T15:18:27.693Z",
      "ownerId": 0,
      "language": "C#",
      "collaborators": [
        {
          "uid": 0,
          "liveControl": true,
          "permission": "read",
          "publicId": "string",
          "profileImage": "https://cdn.quantconnect.com/web/i/users/profile/abc123.jpeg",
          "email": "abc@123.com",
          "name": "string",
          "bio": "string",
          "owner": true
        }
      ],
      "leanVersionId": 0,
      "leanPinnedToMaster": true,
      "owner": true,
      "description": "string",
      "channelId": "string",
      "parameters": [
        {
          "name": "string",
          "value": 0
        }
      ],
      "libraries": [
        {
          "projectId": 0,
          "libraryName": "string",
          "ownerName": "string",
          "access": true
        }
      ],
      "grid": "string",
      "liveGrid": "string",
      "paperEquity": 0,
      "lastLiveDeployment": "2021-11-26T15:18:27.693Z",
      "liveForm": ,
      "encrypted": true,
      "codeRunning": true,
      "leanEnvironment": 0,
      "encryptionKey": {
        "id": "string",
        "name": "string"
      }
    }
  ],
  "versions": [
    {
      "id": ,
      "created": "2021-11-26T15:18:27.693Z",
      "description": "string",
      "leanHash": "string",
      "leanCloudHash": "string",
      "name": "string",
      "ref": "string",
      "public": 
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "errors": [
    "string"
  ]
}
Project Model - Response from reading a project by id.
projectId integer
Project id.
organizationId integer
Orgainization id.
name string
Name of the project.
modified string($date-time)
Modified date for the project.
created string($date-time)
Date the project was created.
ownerId integer
Owner id.
language string Enum
Programming language of the project. Options : ['C#', 'Py']
collaborators Collaborator Array
List of collaborators.
leanVersionId integer
The version of LEAN this project is running on.
leanPinnedToMaster boolean
Indicate if the project is pinned to the master branch of LEAN.
owner boolean
Indicate if you are the owner of the project.
description string
The project description.
channelId string
Channel id.
parameters ParameterSet Array
Optimization parameters.
libraries Library Array
The library projects.
grid string
Configuration of the backtest view grid.
liveGrid string
Configuration of the live view grid.
paperEquity number
The equity value of the last paper trading instance.
lastLiveDeployment string($date-time)
The last live deployment active time.
liveForm object
The last live wizard content used.
encrypted boolean
Indicates if the project is encrypted.
codeRunning boolean
Indicates if the project is running or not.
leanEnvironment integer
LEAN environment of the project running on.
encryptionKey EncryptionKey object
Encryption key details.
Example 
{
  "projectId": 0,
  "organizationId": 0,
  "name": "string",
  "modified": "2021-11-26T15:18:27.693Z",
  "created": "2021-11-26T15:18:27.693Z",
  "ownerId": 0,
  "language": "C#",
  "collaborators": [
    {
      "uid": 0,
      "liveControl": true,
      "permission": "read",
      "publicId": "string",
      "profileImage": "https://cdn.quantconnect.com/web/i/users/profile/abc123.jpeg",
      "email": "abc@123.com",
      "name": "string",
      "bio": "string",
      "owner": true
    }
  ],
  "leanVersionId": 0,
  "leanPinnedToMaster": true,
  "owner": true,
  "description": "string",
  "channelId": "string",
  "parameters": [
    {
      "name": "string",
      "value": 0
    }
  ],
  "libraries": [
    {
      "projectId": 0,
      "libraryName": "string",
      "ownerName": "string",
      "access": true
    }
  ],
  "grid": "string",
  "liveGrid": "string",
  "paperEquity": 0,
  "lastLiveDeployment": "2021-11-26T15:18:27.693Z",
  "liveForm": ,
  "encrypted": true,
  "codeRunning": true,
  "leanEnvironment": 0,
  "encryptionKey": {
    "id": "string",
    "name": "string"
  }
}
Collaborator Model
uid integer
User ID.
liveControl boolean
Indicate if the user have live control.
permission string Enum
The permission this user is given. Options : ['read', 'write']
publicId string
The user public ID.
profileImage string
example: https://cdn.quantconnect.com/web/i/users/profile/abc123.jpeg
The url of the user profile image.
email string
example: abc@123.com
The registered email of the user.
name string
The display name of the user.
bio string
The biography of the user.
owner boolean
Indicate if the user is the owner of the project.
Example 
{
  "uid": 0,
  "liveControl": true,
  "permission": "read",
  "publicId": "string",
  "profileImage": "https://cdn.quantconnect.com/web/i/users/profile/abc123.jpeg",
  "email": "abc@123.com",
  "name": "string",
  "bio": "string",
  "owner": true
}
ParameterSet Model - Parameter set.
name string
Name of parameter.
value number
Value of parameter.
Example 
{
  "name": "string",
  "value": 0
}
Library Model
projectId integer
Project Id of the library project.
libraryName string
Name of the library project.
ownerName string
Name of the library project owner.
access boolean
Indicate if the library project can be accessed.
Example 
{
  "projectId": 0,
  "libraryName": "string",
  "ownerName": "string",
  "access": true
}
EncryptionKey Model - Encryption key details.
id string
Encryption key id.
name string
Name of the encryption key.
Example 
{
  "id": "string",
  "name": "string"
}
LeanVersion Model
id int
ID of the LEAN version.
created string($date-time)
Date when this version was created.
description string
Description of the LEAN version.
leanHash string
Commit Hash in the LEAN repository.
leanCloudHash string
Commit Hash in the LEAN Cloud repository.
name string
Name of the branch where the commit is.
ref string
Reference to the branch where the commit is.
public int
Indicates if the version is available for the public (1) or not (0).
Example 
{
  "id": ,
  "created": "2021-11-26T15:18:27.693Z",
  "description": "string",
  "leanHash": "string",
  "leanCloudHash": "string",
  "name": "string",
  "ref": "string",
  "public": 
}

401 Authentication Error

UnauthorizedError Model - Unauthorized response from the API. Key is missing, invalid, or timestamp is too old for hash.
www_authenticate string
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