diff --git a/app/apis/todo_api.rb b/app/apis/todo_api.rb
index 2266310a..bae240b8 100644
--- a/app/apis/todo_api.rb
+++ b/app/apis/todo_api.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ class TodoApi < ActionWebService::API::Base
   api_method :new_todo,
              :expects => [{:username => :string}, {:token => :string}, {:context_id => :int}, {:description => :string}, {:notes => :string}],
              :returns => [:int]
+
+  api_method :new_todo_for_project,
+             :expects => [{:username => :string}, {:token => :string}, {:context_id => :int}, {:project_id => :int}, {:description => :string}, {:notes => :string}],
+             :returns => [:int]
   
   api_method :new_rich_todo,
              :expects => [{:username => :string}, {:token => :string}, {:default_context_id => :int}, {:description => :string}, {:notes => :string}],
diff --git a/app/controllers/backend_controller.rb b/app/controllers/backend_controller.rb
index 206f2e81..0a96cb30 100644
--- a/app/controllers/backend_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/backend_controller.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,13 @@ class BackendController < ApplicationController
     item = create_todo(description, context_id, nil, notes)
     item.id
   end
+
+  def new_todo_for_project(username, token, context_id, project_id, description, notes)
+    check_token(username, token)
+    check_context_belongs_to_user(context_id)
+    item = create_todo(description, context_id, project_id, notes)
+    item.id
+  end
   
   def new_rich_todo(username, token, default_context_id, description, notes)
     check_token(username,token)