Update outlooktask (deprecated)

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10/27/2023

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Important

APIs under the /beta version in Microsoft Graph are subject to change. Use of these APIs in production applications is not supported. To determine whether an API is available in v1.0, use the Version selector.

Caution

The Outlook tasks API is deprecated and stopped returning data on August 20, 2022. Use the To Do API instead.

Change writable properties of an Outlook task.

The completedDateTime property can be set by the complete action, or explicitly by a PATCH operation. If you use PATCH to set completedDateTime, make sure you set status to completed as well.

By default, this operation (and the POST, GET, and complete task operations) returns date-related properties in UTC. You can use the Prefer: outlook.timezone header to have all the date-related properties in the response represented in a time zone different than UTC.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service	US Government L4	US Government L5 (DOD)	China operated by 21Vianet
✅	✅	✅	❌

Permissions

Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

Permission type	Least privileged permissions	Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account)	Tasks.ReadWrite	Not available.
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Tasks.ReadWrite	Not available.
Application	Not supported.	Not supported.

HTTP request

PATCH /me/outlook/tasks/{id}
PATCH /users/{id|userPrincipalName}/outlook/tasks/{id}

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Prefer: outlook.timezone	Specifies the time zone for time properties in the response, which would be in UTC if this header is not specified. Optional.

Request body

In the request body, supply the values for relevant fields that should be updated. Existing properties that are not included in the request body will maintain their previous values or be recalculated based on changes to other property values. For best performance you shouldn't include existing values that haven't changed.

Property	Type	Description
body	itemBody	The task body that typically contains information about the task. Note that only HTML type is supported.
categories	String collection	The categories associated with the task.
changeKey	String	The version of the task.
completedDateTime	dateTimeTimeZone	The date in the specified time zone that the task was finished.
createdDateTime	DateTimeOffset	The date and time when the task was created. By default, it is in UTC. You can provide a custom time zone in the request header. The property value uses ISO 8601 format. For example, midnight UTC on Jan 1, 2014 is `2014-01-01T00:00:00Z`.
dueDateTime	dateTimeTimeZone	The date in the specified time zone that the task is to be finished.
hasAttachments	Boolean	Set to true if the task has attachments.
importance	string	The importance of the event. Possible values are: `low`, `normal`, `high`.
isReminderOn	Boolean	Set to true if an alert is set to remind the user of the task.
lastModifiedDateTime	DateTimeOffset	The date and time when the task was last modified. By default, it is in UTC. You can provide a custom time zone in the request header. The property value uses ISO 8601 format and is always in UTC time. For example, midnight UTC on Jan 1, 2014 is `2014-01-01T00:00:00Z`.
owner	String	The name of the person who created the task.
parentFolderId	String	The unique identifier for the task's parent folder.
recurrence	patternedRecurrence	The recurrence pattern for the task.
reminderDateTime	dateTimeTimeZone	The date and time for a reminder alert of the task to occur.
sensitivity	string	Indicates the level of privacy for the task. Possible values are: `normal`, `personal`, `private`, `confidential`.
startDateTime	dateTimeTimeZone	The date in the specified time zone when the task is to begin.
status	string	Indicates the state or progress of the task. Possible values are: `notStarted`, `inProgress`, `completed`, `waitingOnOthers`, `deferred`.
subject	String	A brief description or title of the task.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and updated outlookTask object in the response body.

Example

Request

The following example modifies the dueDateTime property and uses the Prefer: outlook.timezone header to specify expressing the date-related properties in the response in Eastern Standard Time (EST).

PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/outlook/tasks/AAMkADA1MTHgwAAA=
Prefer: outlook.timezone="Eastern Standard Time"
Content-type: application/json

{
  "dueDateTime":  {
      "dateTime": "2016-05-06T16:00:00",
      "timeZone": "Eastern Standard Time"
  }
}


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Models;

var requestBody = new OutlookTask
{
	DueDateTime = new DateTimeTimeZone
	{
		DateTime = "2016-05-06T16:00:00",
		TimeZone = "Eastern Standard Time",
	},
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Me.Outlook.Tasks["{outlookTask-id}"].PatchAsync(requestBody, (requestConfiguration) =>
{
	requestConfiguration.Headers.Add("Prefer", "outlook.timezone=\"Eastern Standard Time\"");
});

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.



mgc-beta users outlook tasks patch --user-id {user-id} --outlook-task-id {outlookTask-id} --body '{\
  "dueDateTime":  {\
      "dateTime": "2016-05-06T16:00:00",\
      "timeZone": "Eastern Standard Time"\
  }\
}\
'

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.



// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v0.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  abstractions "github.com/microsoft/kiota-abstractions-go"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go"
	  graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go/models"
	  graphusers "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go/users"
	  //other-imports
)

headers := abstractions.NewRequestHeaders()
headers.Add("Prefer", "outlook.timezone=\"Eastern Standard Time\"")

configuration := &graphusers.ItemOutlookTaskItemRequestBuilderPatchRequestConfiguration{
	Headers: headers,
}
requestBody := graphmodels.NewOutlookTask()
dueDateTime := graphmodels.NewDateTimeTimeZone()
dateTime := "2016-05-06T16:00:00"
dueDateTime.SetDateTime(&dateTime) 
timeZone := "Eastern Standard Time"
dueDateTime.SetTimeZone(&timeZone) 
requestBody.SetDueDateTime(dueDateTime)

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
tasks, err := graphClient.Me().Outlook().Tasks().ByOutlookTaskId("outlookTask-id").Patch(context.Background(), requestBody, configuration)

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

OutlookTask outlookTask = new OutlookTask();
DateTimeTimeZone dueDateTime = new DateTimeTimeZone();
dueDateTime.setDateTime("2016-05-06T16:00:00");
dueDateTime.setTimeZone("Eastern Standard Time");
outlookTask.setDueDateTime(dueDateTime);
OutlookTask result = graphClient.me().outlook().tasks().byOutlookTaskId("{outlookTask-id}").patch(outlookTask, requestConfiguration -> {
	requestConfiguration.headers.add("Prefer", "outlook.timezone=\"Eastern Standard Time\"");
});

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const outlookTask = {
  dueDateTime: {
      dateTime: '2016-05-06T16:00:00',
      timeZone: 'Eastern Standard Time'
  }
};

await client.api('/me/outlook/tasks/AAMkADA1MTHgwAAA=')
	.version('beta')
	.update(outlookTask);

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Users\Item\Outlook\Tasks\Item\OutlookTaskItemRequestBuilderPatchRequestConfiguration;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Models\OutlookTask;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Models\DateTimeTimeZone;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestBody = new OutlookTask();
$dueDateTime = new DateTimeTimeZone();
$dueDateTime->setDateTime('2016-05-06T16:00:00');
$dueDateTime->setTimeZone('Eastern Standard Time');
$requestBody->setDueDateTime($dueDateTime);
$requestConfiguration = new OutlookTaskItemRequestBuilderPatchRequestConfiguration();
$headers = [
		'Prefer' => 'outlook.timezone="Eastern Standard Time"',
	];
$requestConfiguration->headers = $headers;


$result = $graphServiceClient->me()->outlook()->tasks()->byOutlookTaskId('outlookTask-id')->patch($requestBody, $requestConfiguration)->wait();

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Users

$params = @{
	dueDateTime = @{
		dateTime = "2016-05-06T16:00:00"
		timeZone = "Eastern Standard Time"
	}
}

# A UPN can also be used as -UserId.
Update-MgBetaUserOutlookTask -UserId $userId -OutlookTaskId $outlookTaskId -BodyParameter $params

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.


# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph_beta import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph_beta.generated.users.item.outlook.tasks.item.outlook_task_item_request_builder import OutlookTaskItemRequestBuilder
from kiota_abstractions.base_request_configuration import RequestConfiguration
from msgraph_beta.generated.models.outlook_task import OutlookTask
from msgraph_beta.generated.models.date_time_time_zone import DateTimeTimeZone
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = OutlookTask(
	due_date_time = DateTimeTimeZone(
		date_time = "2016-05-06T16:00:00",
		time_zone = "Eastern Standard Time",
	),
)

request_configuration = RequestConfiguration()
request_configuration.headers.add("Prefer", "outlook.timezone=\"Eastern Standard Time\"")


result = await graph_client.me.outlook.tasks.by_outlook_task_id('outlookTask-id').patch(request_body, request_configuration = request_configuration)

Important

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

The following example shows the response. Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
    "id": "AAMkADA1MTHgwAAA=",
    "createdDateTime": "2016-04-22T18:19:18.9526004-04:00",
    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2016-04-22T18:38:20.5541528-04:00",
    "changeKey": "1/KC9Vmu40G3DwB6Lgs7MAAAIW9XXg==",
    "categories": [
    ],
    "assignedTo": null,
    "body": {
        "contentType": "text",
        "content": ""
    },
    "completedDateTime": null,
    "dueDateTime": {
        "dateTime": "2016-05-06T00:00:00.0000000",
        "timeZone": "Eastern Standard Time"
    },
    "hasAttachments":false,
    "importance": "normal",
    "isReminderOn": false,
    "owner": "Administrator",
    "parentFolderId": "AQMkADA1MTIBEgAAAA==",
    "recurrence": null,
    "reminderDateTime": null,
    "sensitivity": "normal",
    "startDateTime": {
        "dateTime": "2016-05-03T00:00:00.0000000",
        "timeZone": "Eastern Standard Time"
    },
    "status": "notStarted",
    "subject": "Shop for children's weekend"

}

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