Create cards with long description without exceeding URL length

[Snir Israeli]

Hey,

So I'm using the API to create a trello card and I want to set a quite large description.

The way the endpoint works is that, despite it being a POST request, all the fields for the card (including non-card related like key and token) are query parameters.

That leads to a very long URL which of course fails.

Any way we can send the description field in the post body to avoid this issue?

Thanks 

[ManuR · Accepted solution]

Hi again Snir,

I'm just posting my reply from our thread together here so others can see how to format their call.

curl --request POST \
--url 'https://api.trello.com/1/cards?idList=idList&keepFromSource=all&key=YOURAPIKEY&token=YOURTOKEN' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
"name": "Card Name",
"pos": "top",
"idList": "idLIST",
"desc": "When copying an existing card into a new card with idCardSource checklist items are always unchecked and due dates are never marked as complete regardless of their corresponding values in the source card."
}'

[Jossef Harush]

Move your description from the url params to the body. e.g.:

```python

def set_card_description(card_id, description):
      params = {
      'key': TRELLO_KEY,
      'token': TRELLO_TOKEN,
    }

    body = {
      'desc': description
    }

    r = requests.put(f'https://api.trello.com/1/cards/{card_id}', params=params, json=body)
    r.raise_for_status()
    return r.json()

```