Questions tagged [basecamp]

Basecamp is a web-based project-management tool developed by 37signals and launched in 2004. The Ruby on Rails framework was extracted from the Basecamp project. Basecamp has a "classic" and a "new" version.

The Basecamp API is based on JSON and can be found here.

Click here for Wikipedia article on Basecamp Classic: Basecamp Classic

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A Opensource alternative for basecamp?

Is there a Opensource based basecamp alternative? Or even a free hosted version of it?
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How to commit on Github and automatically mark done on Basecamp?

I have a GitHub account and Basecamp account. I have already setup my GitHub to use Basecamp service hook by selecting Service Hooks Menu and select basecamp. Fill all required form and get the setup work properly identified by green color. Now, I…
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Exporting files from Basecamp

I've been looking around for a long time how to get files from Basecamp and so far it seems like a 'mission impossible', but I wanted to ask here as well: Is there any way to get files from Basecamp projects and, if there is one, how? Thanks in…
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Google Apps Script and External API

If I am not mistaken, as per UrlFetch Documentation I should be able to call the New Basecamp API from within Google Apps Script. I suspect my confusion comes from a formatting GAS mistake (and the fact that I am just beginning all this). I have…
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HTTPS connection with basic auth result into Unauthorized

I am trying to access Basecamp API from my Android/Java source code following way .... import org.apache.http.HttpResponse; import org.apache.http.StatusLine; import org.apache.http.client.ResponseHandler; import…
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Biggest Missing Features in Basecamp for Software Development Management & Collaboration

What features might our team find lacking if we adopted Basecamp for bug tracking, task tracking, external documentation, collaboration, and project management? I've used the free version before and think that 37Signals makes excellent products -…
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How does Basecamp add "View on Basecamp" links to Gmail?

I just got an email from Basecamp and it included a link to "View on Basecamp" which I could click from my Gmail inbox. How do they do that? I looked at the raw message in Gmail but I couldn't see any headers that included the appropriate link - it…
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Configuring ActiveResource to support OAuth2

I need to be able configure ActiveResource to connect with OAuth2 or basic authentication on a connection by connection basis. I have found a couple ways to configure ActiveResource with OAuth2, but they don't seem that elegant and don't lend…
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Integrating Basecamp with JIRA

Has anyone had any luck integrating Basecamp with JIRA? Even something as "simple" as assigning a Basecamp thread to a JIRA ticket and having changes to the ticket show up in Basecamp?
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How can I automate authentication to basecamp 3 api (preferably in python)?

This is my first foray into OAuth, so please be patient with me if I'm way off base, or going in an entirely wrong direction. I want to write a script to pull information from basecamp 3, format it, and send it in an email. I already do this with…
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Basecamp's Trix WYSIWYG editor gem not saving file attachment in Rails 4 app

I added the Trix editor gem to my Rails 4 app and followed the instructions on that page exactly. The text is displaying correctly after I save a post (bold/italic/strikethrough/paragraph spacing all good), BUT any images that I drag into the text…
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What does the term "Backchannel Request" means and how to make backchannel requests

To be more specific: I'm actually trying to integrate to Baseacamp using their new Basecamp api which supports OAuth 2.0. and thx to their poor resources & documentation i'm stuck at #4 of this documentation which says i have to make a backchannel…
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How do I clear the browser cache programmatically on the iPhone?

I am using the new Basecamp API for my iOS basecamp client app. I want the user to be able to logout and switch accounts. But I can't as the account credentials stored in the browser cache are used every time I request authorization. I figured out…
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How do I use the current Basecamp API with ActiveResource?

I'm trying to use the Basecamp Classic API (http://developer.37signals.com/basecamp/comments.shtml). The current basecamp-wrapper version was giving me fits, one of the things was because the json responses include pagination output, while the xml…
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DotNetOpenAuth OAuth2 for Basecamp API

I'm having some difficulties getting the OAuth2 working for the Basecamp API with DotNetOpenAuth, here's what I have so far, this is a ASP.NET MVC 4 web app. public ActionResult Basecamp() { var server = new…
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