--- title: "Create Project" description: "Create a new project in your default organization with the specified name and programming language." canonical: https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2/cloud-platform/api-reference/project-management/create-project markdown: https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2/cloud-platform/api-reference/project-management/create-project.md language: python source: https://github.com/QuantConnect/Documentation/tree/master/01%20Cloud%20Platform/99%20API%20Reference/02%20Project%20Management/01%20Create%20Project modified: 2026-10-29 index: https://www.quantconnect.com/llms.txt --- # Create Project [Documentation](https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2.md) > [Cloud Platform](https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2/cloud-platform.md) > [API Reference](https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2/cloud-platform/api-reference.md) > [Project Management](https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2/cloud-platform/api-reference/project-management.md) > Create Project > Code examples are shown in Python. Append `?lang=csharp` to this URL for the C# version of this page. ## Introduction Create a new project in your default organization. ## 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 required` Project name. | | language | `string Enum required` Programming language to use. Options : ['C#', 'Py'] | | organizationId | `string example: 5cad178b20a1d52567b534553413b691` The organization to create project under. If you don't provide a value, it defaults to your preferred organization. | | Example | `{ "name": "string", "language": "C#", "organizationId": "5cad178b20a1d52567b534553413b691" }` | ## 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": 23456789, "organizationId": "5cad178b20a1d52567b534553413b691", "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": , "libraries": [ { "projectId": 23456789, "libraryName": "string", "ownerName": "string", "access": true } ], "grid": { "xs": [ { "chartName": "string", "width": 0, "height": 0, "row": 0, "column": 0, "sort": 0, "definition": [ "string" ] } ], "sm": [ { "chartName": "string", "width": 0, "height": 0, "row": 0, "column": 0, "sort": 0, "definition": [ "string" ] } ], "md": [ { "chartName": "string", "width": 0, "height": 0, "row": 0, "column": 0, "sort": 0, "definition": [ "string" ] } ], "lg": [ { "chartName": "string", "width": 0, "height": 0, "row": 0, "column": 0, "sort": 0, "definition": [ "string" ] } ], "xl": [ { "chartName": "string", "width": 0, "height": 0, "row": 0, "column": 0, "sort": 0, "definition": [ "string" ] } ] }, "liveGrid": { "xs": [ { "chartName": "string", "width": 0, "height": 0, "row": 0, "column": 0, "sort": 0, "definition": [ "string" ] } ], "sm": [ { "chartName": "string", "width": 0, "height": 0, "row": 0, "column": 0, "sort": 0, "definition": [ "string" ] } ], "md": [ { "chartName": "string", "width": 0, "height": 0, "row": 0, "column": 0, "sort": 0, "definition": [ "string" ] } ], "lg": [ { "chartName": "string", "width": 0, "height": 0, "row": 0, "column": 0, "sort": 0, "definition": [ "string" ] } ], "xl": [ { "chartName": "string", "width": 0, "height": 0, "row": 0, "column": 0, "sort": 0, "definition": [ "string" ] } ] }, "paperEquity": 0, "lastLiveDeployment": "2021-11-26T15:18:27.693Z", "liveForm": { "brokerageData": { "id": "string", "authentication": }, "dataProvidersData": [ { "id": "string" } ], "node": "string", "notifyInsights": true, "notifyOrderEvents": true, "autoRestart": true }, "encrypted": true, "codeRunning": true, "leanEnvironment": 0, "encryptionKey": { "id": "string", "name": "string" }, "isPinned": true, "maxFileSize": 0, "sharingTokenBacktest": "q" } ], "versions": [ { "id": 0, "created": "2021-11-26T15:18:27.693Z", "description": "string", "leanHash": "string", "leanCloudHash": "string", "name": "string", "ref": "string", "public": true } ], "success": true, "errors": [ "string" ] }` | | `Project` Model - Response from reading a project by id. | | | --- | --- | | projectId | `integer required example: 23456789` Project id. | | organizationId | `string required example: 5cad178b20a1d52567b534553413b691` Organization id. | | name | `string required` Name of the project. | | modified | `string($date-time) required` Modified date for the project. | | created | `string($date-time) required` Date the project was created. | | ownerId | `integer required` Owner id. | | language | `string Enum required` Programming language of the project. Options : ['C#', 'Py'] | | collaborators | `Collaborator Array required` List of collaborators. | | leanVersionId | `integer required` The version of LEAN this project is running on. | | leanPinnedToMaster | `boolean required` Indicate if the project is pinned to the master branch of LEAN. | | owner | `boolean required` Indicate if you are the owner of the project. | | description | `string required` The project description. | | channelId | `string required` Channel id. | | parameters | `ParameterSet object required` Optimization parameters. | | libraries | `Library Array required` The library projects. | | grid | `Grid object required` The grid arrangement of charts. | | liveGrid | `Grid object required` The grid arrangement of charts. | | paperEquity | `number required` The equity value of the last paper trading instance. | | lastLiveDeployment | `string($date-time) required` The last live deployment active time. | | liveForm | `LiveForm object required` The live wizard content used. | | encrypted | `boolean required` Indicates if the project is encrypted. | | codeRunning | `boolean required` Indicates if the project is running or not. | | leanEnvironment | `integer required` LEAN environment of the project running on. | | encryptionKey | `EncryptionKey object required` Encryption key details. | | isPinned | `boolean required` Indicates if the projects is pinned in the terminal landing page. | | maxFileSize | `integer required` Indicates if the maximum file length. | | sharingTokenBacktest | `string example: q` Text file with at least 64 characters to be used to authenticate private backtests requests. | | Example | `{ "projectId": 23456789, "organizationId": "5cad178b20a1d52567b534553413b691", "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": , "libraries": [ { "projectId": 23456789, "libraryName": "string", "ownerName": "string", "access": true } ], "grid": { "xs": [ { "chartName": "string", "width": 0, "height": 0, "row": 0, "column": 0, "sort": 0, "definition": [ "string" ] } ], "sm": [ { "chartName": "string", "width": 0, "height": 0, "row": 0, "column": 0, "sort": 0, "definition": [ "string" ] } ], "md": [ { "chartName": "string", "width": 0, "height": 0, "row": 0, "column": 0, "sort": 0, "definition": [ "string" ] } ], "lg": [ { "chartName": "string", "width": 0, "height": 0, "row": 0, "column": 0, "sort": 0, "definition": [ "string" ] } ], "xl": [ { "chartName": "string", "width": 0, "height": 0, "row": 0, "column": 0, "sort": 0, "definition": [ "string" ] } ] }, "liveGrid": { "xs": [ { "chartName": "string", "width": 0, "height": 0, "row": 0, "column": 0, "sort": 0, "definition": [ "string" ] } ], "sm": [ { "chartName": "string", "width": 0, "height": 0, "row": 0, "column": 0, "sort": 0, "definition": [ "string" ] } ], "md": [ { "chartName": "string", "width": 0, "height": 0, "row": 0, "column": 0, "sort": 0, "definition": [ "string" ] } ], "lg": [ { "chartName": "string", "width": 0, "height": 0, "row": 0, "column": 0, "sort": 0, "definition": [ "string" ] } ], "xl": [ { "chartName": "string", "width": 0, "height": 0, "row": 0, "column": 0, "sort": 0, "definition": [ "string" ] } ] }, "paperEquity": 0, "lastLiveDeployment": "2021-11-26T15:18:27.693Z", "liveForm": { "brokerageData": { "id": "string", "authentication": }, "dataProvidersData": [ { "id": "string" } ], "node": "string", "notifyInsights": true, "notifyOrderEvents": true, "autoRestart": true }, "encrypted": true, "codeRunning": true, "leanEnvironment": 0, "encryptionKey": { "id": "string", "name": "string" }, "isPinned": true, "maxFileSize": 0, "sharingTokenBacktest": "q" }` | | `Collaborator` Model | | | --- | --- | | uid | `integer required` User ID. | | liveControl | `boolean required` Indicate if the user has live control. | | permission | `string Enum required` The permission this user is given. Options : ['read', 'write'] | | publicId | `string required` The user public ID. | | profileImage | `string required example: https://cdn.quantconnect.com/web/i/users/profile/abc123.jpeg` The url of the user profile image. | | email | `string required example: abc@123.com` The registered email of the user. | | name | `string required` The display name of the user. | | bio | `string required` The biography of the user. | | owner | `boolean required` 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 }` | | `Library` Model | | | --- | --- | | projectId | `integer required example: 23456789` 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": 23456789, "libraryName": "string", "ownerName": "string", "access": true }` | | `Grid` Model - The grid arrangement of charts. | | | --- | --- | | xs | `GridChart Array required` List of chart in the xs (Extra small) position. | | sm | `GridChart Array required` List of chart in the sm (Small) position. | | md | `GridChart Array required` List of chart in the md (Medium) position. | | lg | `GridChart Array required` List of chart in the lg (Large) position. | | xl | `GridChart Array required` List of chart in the xl (Extra large) position. | | Example | `{ "xs": [ { "chartName": "string", "width": 0, "height": 0, "row": 0, "column": 0, "sort": 0, "definition": [ "string" ] } ], "sm": [ { "chartName": "string", "width": 0, "height": 0, "row": 0, "column": 0, "sort": 0, "definition": [ "string" ] } ], "md": [ { "chartName": "string", "width": 0, "height": 0, "row": 0, "column": 0, "sort": 0, "definition": [ "string" ] } ], "lg": [ { "chartName": "string", "width": 0, "height": 0, "row": 0, "column": 0, "sort": 0, "definition": [ "string" ] } ], "xl": [ { "chartName": "string", "width": 0, "height": 0, "row": 0, "column": 0, "sort": 0, "definition": [ "string" ] } ] }` | | `GridChart` Model - The chart display properties. | | | --- | --- | | chartName | `string required` The chart name. | | width | `integer required` Width of the chart. | | height | `integer required` Height of the chart. | | row | `integer required` Number of rows of the chart. | | column | `integer required` Number of columns of the chart. | | sort | `integer` Sort of the chart. | | definition | `string Array` The chart definition labels. | | Example | `{ "chartName": "string", "width": 0, "height": 0, "row": 0, "column": 0, "sort": 0, "definition": [ "string" ] }` | | `LiveForm` Model - The live wizard content used. | | | --- | --- | | brokerageData | `BrokerageData object required` Brokerage data saved on live deployment. | | dataProvidersData | `BrokerageId Array required` The data providers used in the live deployment. | | node | `string required` Node ID of the live node deployed. | | notifyInsights | `boolean required` Indicates if notification should be issued on new insights. | | notifyOrderEvents | `boolean required` Indicates if notification should be issued on new order events. | | autoRestart | `boolean required` Indicates if the live algorithm should automatically restart after encountering runtime errors. | | Example | `{ "brokerageData": { "id": "string", "authentication": }, "dataProvidersData": [ { "id": "string" } ], "node": "string", "notifyInsights": true, "notifyOrderEvents": true, "autoRestart": true }` | | `BrokerageData` Model - Brokerage data saved on live deployment. | | | --- | --- | | id | `string required` The ID of the brokerage data. | | authentication | `object` Authentication details of the live brokerage. Details on each brokerage refers to https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2/lean-cli/api-reference/lean-cloud-live-deploy. | | Example | `{ "id": "string", "authentication": }` | | `LiveAuthenticationData` Model - Authentication details of the live brokerage. Details on each brokerage refers to https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2/lean-cli/api-reference/lean-cloud-live-deploy. | | | --- | --- | | value | `object` Authentication details of the live brokerage. Details on each brokerage refers to https://www.quantconnect.com/docs/v2/lean-cli/api-reference/lean-cloud-live-deploy. | | Example | `{ "value": }` | | `BrokerageId` Model - Brokerage Id. | | | --- | --- | | id | `string` The ID of the brokerage. | | Example | `{ "id": "string" }` | | `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 | `integer` 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 | `boolean` Indicates if the version is available for the public. | | Example | `{ "id": 0, "created": "2021-11-26T15:18:27.693Z", "description": "string", "leanHash": "string", "leanCloudHash": "string", "name": "string", "ref": "string", "public": true }` | ### 401 Authentication Error | `UnauthorizedError` Model - Unauthorized response from the API. Key is missing, invalid, or timestamp is too old for hash. | | | --- | --- | | www_authenticate | `string` Header | ## 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": 23456789, "organizationId": "5cad178b20a1d52567b534553413b691", "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": 23456789, "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": 0, "created": "2021-11-26T15:18:27.693Z", "description": "string", "leanHash": "string", "leanCloudHash": "string", "name": "string", "ref": "string", "public": 0 } ], "success": true, "errors": [ "string" ] }` | | `Project` Model - Response from reading a project by id. | | | --- | --- | | projectId | `integer required example: 23456789` Project id. | | organizationId | `string required example: 5cad178b20a1d52567b534553413b691` Orgainization id. | | name | `string required` Name of the project. | | modified | `string($date-time) required` Modified date for the project. | | created | `string($date-time) required` Date the project was created. | | ownerId | `integer required` Owner id. | | language | `string Enum required` 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": 23456789, "organizationId": "5cad178b20a1d52567b534553413b691", "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": 23456789, "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 required example: 23456789` 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": 23456789, "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 | `integer` 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 | `integer` Indicates if the version is available for the public (1) or not (0). | | Example | `{ "id": 0, "created": "2021-11-26T15:18:27.693Z", "description": "string", "leanHash": "string", "leanCloudHash": "string", "name": "string", "ref": "string", "public": 0 }` | ### 401 Authentication Error | `UnauthorizedError` Model - Unauthorized response from the API. Key is missing, invalid, or timestamp is too old for hash. | | | --- | --- | | www_authenticate | `string` Header | ## Examples The following examples demonstrate project management through the QuantConnect API. ### Example 1: CRUD Operations This example demonstates creating, reading, updating, and deleting a project through the cloud API. ``` from base64 import b64encode from hashlib import sha256 from time import time from requests import get, post BASE_URL = 'https://www.quantconnect.com/api/v2/' # You need to replace these with your actual credentials. # You can request your credentials at https://www.quantconnect.com/settings/ # You can find our organization ID at https://www.quantconnect.com/organization/ USER_ID = 0 API_TOKEN = '____' ORGANIZATION_ID = '____' def get_headers(): # Get timestamp timestamp = f'{int(time())}' time_stamped_token = f'{API_TOKEN}:{timestamp}'.encode('utf-8') # Get hased API token hashed_token = sha256(time_stamped_token).hexdigest() authentication = f'{USER_ID}:{hashed_token}'.encode('utf-8') authentication = b64encode(authentication).decode('ascii') # Create headers dictionary. return { 'Authorization': f'Basic {authentication}', 'Timestamp': timestamp } # Authenticate to verify credentials response = post(f'{BASE_URL}/authenticate', headers = get_headers()) print(response.json()) # -------------------- # The project ID of the project to manage project_id = 12345678 ### Create Project # Send a POST request to the /projects/create endpoint to create a new project response = post(f'{BASE_URL}/projects/create', headers=get_headers(), json={ "name": f"Project_{int(time())}", # Unique project name using current timestamp "language": "Py" # Programming language for the project (Python) }) # Parse the JSON response into python managable dict result = response.json() # Extract the project ID from the response project_id = result['projects'][0]['projectId'] # Check if the request was successful and print the result if result['success']: print("Project Created Successfully:") print(result) ### Read Project # Prepare data payload to read project details payload = { "id": project_id # ID of the project to read } # Send a POST request to the /projects/read endpoint to get project details response = post(f'{BASE_URL}/projects/read', headers=get_headers(), json=payload) # Parse the JSON response into python managable dict result = response.json() # Check if the request was successful and print the project details if result['success']: print("Project Details:") print(result) ### Update Project # Send a POST request to the /projects/update endpoint to update project details response = post(f'{BASE_URL}/projects/update', headers=get_headers(), json={ "projectId": project_id, # ID of the project to update "name": f"Project_{project_id}", # New name for the project "description": "The new project name is awesome!" # New description }) # Parse the JSON response into python managable dict result = response.json() # Check if the request was successful and print the result if result['success']: print("Project Updated Successfully:") print(result) ### Delete Project # Prepare data payload to delete the project payload = { "projectId": project_id # ID of the project to delete } # Send a POST request to the /projects/delete endpoint to delete the project response = post(f'{BASE_URL}/projects/delete', headers=get_headers(), json=payload) # Parse the JSON response into python managable dict result = response.json() # Check if the request was successful and print the result if result['success']: print("Project Deleted Successfully:") print(result) ``` ### Example 2: Delete All Projects in a Directory This example deletes all projects under a specific directory in the organization workspace. ``` from base64 import b64encode from hashlib import sha256 from time import time from requests import get, post BASE_URL = 'https://www.quantconnect.com/api/v2/' # You need to replace these with your actual credentials. # You can request your credentials at https://www.quantconnect.com/settings/ # You can find our organization ID at https://www.quantconnect.com/organization/ USER_ID = 0 API_TOKEN = '____' ORGANIZATION_ID = '____' def get_headers(): # Get timestamp timestamp = f'{int(time())}' time_stamped_token = f'{API_TOKEN}:{timestamp}'.encode('utf-8') # Get hased API token hashed_token = sha256(time_stamped_token).hexdigest() authentication = f'{USER_ID}:{hashed_token}'.encode('utf-8') authentication = b64encode(authentication).decode('ascii') # Create headers dictionary. return { 'Authorization': f'Basic {authentication}', 'Timestamp': timestamp } # Authenticate to verify credentials response = post(f'{BASE_URL}/authenticate', headers = get_headers()) print(response.json()) # -------------------- def get_projects_in_directory(key): """Get all projects in a specific directory in the organization workspace. Keyword arguments: key -- path to a directory of projects in the organization workspace (ex: path/to/dir) """ # Split the key into path segments. key_segments = [s for s in key.split('/') if s] if not key_segments: print('Invalid key:', key) return # Iterate through all projects response = post(f'{BASE_URL}/projects/read', headers=get_headers()) response.raise_for_status() project_ids = [] for project in response.json()['projects']: # Check if the project is in the directory. if all(a == b for a, b in zip(key_segments, project['name'].split('/'))): project_ids.append(project['projectId']) return project_ids def delete_projects(project_ids): """Delete a set of projects. Keyword arguments: project_ids -- list of project Ids. """ for id_ in project_ids: post( f'{BASE_URL}/projects/delete', headers=get_headers(), json={'projectId': id_} ).raise_for_status() delete_projects(get_projects_in_directory('/path/to/projects/to/delete')) ```