Trello is a collaboration tool that organizes your projects into boards. In one glance, Trello tells you what's being worked on, who's working on what, and where something is in a process.
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How does Trello access the user's clipboard?
When you hover over a card in Trello and press Ctrl+C, the URL of this card is copied to the clipboard. How do they do this?
As far as I can tell, there is no Flash movie involved. I've got Flashblock installed, and the Firefox network tab shows no…

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Chrome extension Content Script not loaded until page is refreshed
I have a Chrome extension content script that I want to run on Trello boards. For now, it contains only:
console.log("Hello, world!");
When you open the Trello board page through an internal link, like from the My Boards page, the content script…

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Trello API: getting boards / lists / cards information
Using Trello API:
I've been able to get all the cards that are assigned to a Trello user
I've been able to get all the boards that are assigned to an Organization
But I can't get any API call that returns all the lists that are in an Organization…

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How can I easily duplicate the trello style of drag and drop of cards? (Kanban style app)
I'm building a web app that uses a similar drag and drop metaphor that trello has for moving cards around by dragging and dropping cards from one list to another.
How can I do this?

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importing external javascript to google apps script
I am trying to use Trello from a Google Spreadsheet (Google Docs) and am not sure how to import/reference/link the javascript files required to use their library. My only other option is using their REST API directly (fine, but I'd rather use their…

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How to get a permanent user token for writes using the Trello API?
I'm trying to write an app that updates my Trello cards with the API. How do I get a permanent user token for the app to write to my Trello board?
Thanks

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How does Trello show history so quickly?
Trello shows a historial log of everything that any user has done since the board's inception. Likewise, if you click on a specific card it shows the history of anything anyone has done related to that card.
Keeping track of every…

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Trello API get card comments
is there a way to get all the comments of a card through the Trello API? I can get the card, the list which it is in, the members assigned to it etc. but can't see a way to get the comments.
Thanks.

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What does the POS actually mean in the Trello API
I'm using dillenmeisters Trello.Net API Wrapper, and on each Card it has a POS attribute. I thought that was for position in the list that it was in, but the numbers seem arbitrary, ranging from 4 to 5 digit numbers. Is there anyway to make sense of…

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How to get/set Trello custom fields using the API?
I'm already in love with the Custom Fields feature in Trello. Is there a way to get and set custom fields via the API?
I tried using the get field API call to get a field (on a board with a custom field defined called "MyCustomField"):
curl…

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Trello API: How do I move a card to a different list
I have code to read boards, lists, and cards. I'd like to move cards from one list to another. I just can't seem to figure out Trello's API docs. Can someone provide a sample move card string? I see moveCardToBoard but what list would it end up in?…

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Automate export (backup) of Trello boards
When logged into trello in a browser you can easily backup a board by hitting a URL like this:
https://trello.com/board/replaceWithMyBoardId/my-board-name.json
I'd like to write a script that will go through a given set of boards and automatically…

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Display cards from a private Trello board without visitors needing a Trello account, or them needing to authorize via popup
My company has a list of current projects on Trello (private board), and we'd love to display them on our website by connecting to the board so that they're always up-to-date.
Using this example, I can now pull cards and render them on the page, but…

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Is there a way to export an entire Trello board as JSON via API?
I'm trying to compare Trello boards in order to highlight differences. You can easily download a board in JSON format from Trello by replacing the board's name with ".json" in the url:
http://trello.com/b/board_id_here.json
This requires you to be…

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How to import CSV to Trello
I have a .csv file that I want to import to Trello. How can I go about doing that? Zapier won´t work because there are too many and I would be required to pay, which I´m trying to avoid.

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