Add external attachments via API

Hi Community Team,

I work in a regulated industry with pretty specific and long-term retention policies. As part of an archival process for older tasks and projects, I'd like to be able to add external attachments to Wrike tasks/folders via API. Currently the only option is to attach files directly, or to edit the description to include links to sources like Box, Sharepoint, etc. If programmatically adding external attachments were possible, I could script the archival process to save space in our account and comply with storage policies.

Thanks and looking forward to hearing the product team's input!

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Elizaveta Bogdanova

Thanks a lot for submitting your detailed feedback @Jimmy Moore; it will be passed on to the team shortly 👍

Devin Campbell

I have spent the last few days attempting to get wrike to add an external link via the API but the documentation is very lacking in that area. Can we get an update regarding this, or if possible, have your team update the docs. The information around how to create files is very thin.

Thanks for any information or help you can provide.

Elizaveta Bogdanova

Hi @Devin Campbell, I can see you discussed this with our Support team member. Please let me know if you need help with anything else 🙂

Michael Stauder

Hi, this is also a task i try to achive right now: I want to add a SharePoint file as an attachment via the API. Is there any progress in this topic?

Rohan V

Hi @Michael Stauder 👋 I've raised a ticket with our Support team for you as they are our API experts. Someone from the team will reach out to you separately.

Daniel Cheng

I would like to achieve the same adding external URL as attachment via API. The documentation doesn’t cover that at all. Please help.

Basudha Sakshyarika

Sure, Daniel. I've created a ticket with our support team to assist you with this. You can expect to hear back soon. Thanks! 👍🏽

Daniel Cheng

All good @Basudha Sakshyarika , I have already raised a support ticket and got the answer. It was disappointing, and I'm not sure why the answer can't be just added to the API document, but It is what it is.

Basudha Sakshyarika

Hi @Daniel Cheng!

I'm sorry to hear the response was disappointing. I understand your frustration about the information not being readily available in the API documentation. I'll pass along your feedback to our team.

If there's anything else I can help with, please don't hesitate to ask. 👍🏽

Michael Stauder

Are any news available to this topic? i would need this feature really urgently.

Rohan V

Hi @Michael Stauder, thanks for getting back to us. As of now, we do not have any new updates for this year. We understand that this is a request from some of our users, and our Product Team is aware of it. We will keep you updated if there are any developments in the coming months 👍

Alexander Stendel

same here... i relly would need to attach a file as an sharepoint link to a task via the api. any news on this?

Dupont Axel

Hi,

Any news on this? I need it too.

Thank you and have a nice day

Rohan V

Hi everyone, thanks for reaching out and commenting. So far, there are no new updates to share. However, please feel free to contact our Support Team, as one of our API experts can better assist you with any API-related queries.

Sameer Mehra

I am having this issue as well, unclear from the docs how to add an external link to a task.

Rohan V

Hi @Sameer Mehra 👋 I’m sorry to hear about the issue you’re facing. I see that you’ve already reached out to our Support team and I hope they were able to help you. If you require further assistance, I can ask one of our experts to get back to you. Please let me know. I am happy to assist further.

Alexander Stendel

@Rohan:
Are there any News on this?
I am waiting for a Solution on this since at least a year now. The docs say, you can add an external SharePoint file via the Wrike api, but in reality it doesn’t work.

Rohan V

Hi @Alexander Stendel 👋

Thank you for reaching out, and apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused. To get the latest update on adding SharePoint files via the Wrike API, I’ve reached out to one of our experts for assistance. They should be in touch with you shortly to provide more information and help clarify if there are any current solutions or workarounds available.

Michael Stauder

Hi Rohan,

thank you for reaching out. I'm in the same situation as Alexander: i'm waiting since months for this feature since it would enable new use cases for me.

Sameer Mehra

@Rohan V Support was no help. This should be a simple documentation fix - my suspicion is that it is possible, it's just not well documented.

Rohan V

Hi @Michael Stauder and @Sameer Mehra 👋

Thank you very much for further clarifying and sharing your thoughts. We appreciate your patience on this matter. We’ll keep a close eye on it and share any updates here if there are any.