Create Task with Attachment (one drive/sharepoint document attachment) , Due date and priority - Using Postman

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Create Task with Attachment (one drive/sharepoint document attachment) , Due date and priority - Using Postman

Anonymous

Hi

I am able to create a blank task using postman. (Graph API)

My requirement is that, I have a word document in one drive/SharePoint. I am trying to link the one drive/SharePoint document to the created task as a attachment(Teams files or URL). Also i want to create that task with start date , due date and priority. Also how to add description/notes if possible.

I don't know how to configure the body content of postman. Is even it possible to attach document in creating a task with the graph API.
Could someone help me with this.

Thank you

Anonymous

2022-09-21T10:13:15.767+00:00

Hi Sir

I followed your instructions(Prefer and If-Match in request headers) and got stuck with an error.

Error Response

{
"error": {
"code": "",
"message": "The request is invalid:An unexpected 'StartObject' node was found for property named 'lastModifiedBy' when reading from the JSON reader. A 'PrimitiveValue' node was expected.",
"innerError": {
"date": "2022-09-21T09:58:27",
"request-id": "a5aec708-a4c4-4239-873f-1ef47161a6e3",
"client-request-id": "74fd4ef6-c94f-07a3-a059-bf80a2776086"
}
}
}

The JSON body that i used is
{
"previewType": "noPreview",
"references": {
"https%3A//demo%2Esharepoint%2Ecom/sites/Test12/Shared Documents/Sample%2Edocx": {
"@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.plannerExternalReference",
"alias": "Sample.docx",
"lastModifiedBy": {
"user": {
"id": "5442777a-0440-4a2f-9269-21824464e3a1"
}
},
"lastModifiedDateTime": "2022-09-21T08:05:51.7286024Z",
"previewPriority": " !",
"type": "Word"
}
},
"checklist": {}
}

Can you let me know what is the mistake that I am doing. Sorry for asking you a lot of questions, I am a beginner in these kind of stuff

Srinivasa Rao Darna 6,761 Microsoft External Staff

Hi @Anonymous ,

You should remove lastModifiedBy and lastModifiedDateTime from your request body.

Can you try with following request payload?

PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/planner/tasks/{task-id}/details  
Content-type: application/json  
Prefer: return=representation  
If-Match: "{lastest-eTag}"  
{  
    "previewType": "noPreview",  
    "references": {  
        "https%3A//demo%2Esharepoint%2Ecom/sites/Test12/Shared%20Documents/Sample%2Edocx": {  
            "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.plannerExternalReference",  
            "alias": "Sample.docx",  
            "previewPriority": " !",  
            "type": "Word"  
        }  
    },  
    "checklist": {}  
}

Hope this helps.

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Anonymous

2022-09-21T10:13:15.767+00:00

Hi Sir

I followed your instructions(Prefer and If-Match in request headers) and got stuck with an error.

Error Response

{
"error": {
"code": "",
"message": "The request is invalid:An unexpected 'StartObject' node was found for property named 'lastModifiedBy' when reading from the JSON reader. A 'PrimitiveValue' node was expected.",
"innerError": {
"date": "2022-09-21T09:58:27",
"request-id": "a5aec708-a4c4-4239-873f-1ef47161a6e3",
"client-request-id": "74fd4ef6-c94f-07a3-a059-bf80a2776086"
}
}
}

The JSON body that i used is
{
"previewType": "noPreview",
"references": {
"https%3A//demo%2Esharepoint%2Ecom/sites/Test12/Shared Documents/Sample%2Edocx": {
"@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.plannerExternalReference",
"alias": "Sample.docx",
"lastModifiedBy": {
"user": {
"id": "5442777a-0440-4a2f-9269-21824464e3a1"
}
},
"lastModifiedDateTime": "2022-09-21T08:05:51.7286024Z",
"previewPriority": " !",
"type": "Word"
}
},
"checklist": {}
}

Can you let me know what is the mistake that I am doing. Sorry for asking you a lot of questions, I am a beginner in these kind of stuff
Srinivasa Rao Darna 6,761 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-09-23T10:10:44.013+00:00

Hi @Anonymous ,

You should remove lastModifiedBy and lastModifiedDateTime from your request body.

Can you try with following request payload?

PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/planner/tasks/{task-id}/details Content-type: application/json Prefer: return=representation If-Match: "{lastest-eTag}" { "previewType": "noPreview", "references": { "https%3A//demo%2Esharepoint%2Ecom/sites/Test12/Shared%20Documents/Sample%2Edocx": { "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.plannerExternalReference", "alias": "Sample.docx", "previewPriority": " !", "type": "Word" } }, "checklist": {} }

Hope this helps.

Answer 1

Srinivasa Rao Darna 6,761 Microsoft External Staff

Hi @Anonymous ,

You can use update planner task details, in the request body can pass attachment references property plannerexternalreferences.
A example snippet would be as below.

PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/planner/tasks/{task-id}/details  
Content-type: application/json  
Prefer: return=representation  
If-Match: "JzEtVGFzayAgQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAWCc="  
  
{  
"previewType": "noPreview",  
"references": {  
    "https%3A//contoso%2Esharepoint%2Ecom/teams/agile/documents/AnnualReport%2Epptx": {  
        "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.plannerExternalReference",  
        "alias": "Agile Team Annual Report",  
        "previewPriority": "0009005756397228702",  
        "type": "PowerPoint"  
    }  
  }  
}

Properities like dueDateTime and assigneePriority can be set in POST or PATCH of plannertask.

Hope this helps.
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Anonymous

2022-09-02T08:18:43.14+00:00

Hi sir,

Sorry for the inconvenience. I used the patch method with the sample body you have given and i got this response. Could you let me know what is wrong with the body content. (Please Refer the attached image for body content)

Error Response
{
"error": {
"code": "",
"message": "The request is invalid:\r\nAn unexpected 'StartObject' node was found for property named 'lastModifiedBy' when reading from the JSON reader. A 'PrimitiveValue' node was expected.",
"innerError": {
"date": "2022-09-02T08:11:09",
"request-id": "32fe4c8a-dc8a-462a-ac78-25806d593385",
"client-request-id": "32fe4c8a-dc8a-462a-ac78-25806d593385"
}
}
}
Srinivasa Rao Darna 6,761 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-09-08T17:32:39.477+00:00

Hi @Anonymous ,

You should be using Prefer and If-Match in request headers, it appears you are using them in request body. And If-Match header should be with W\ such characters >>Graph - The If-Match header must be specified for this kind of request

Prefer: return=representation If-Match: "JzEtVGFzayAgQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAWCc="

And to get the correct value that you have to send in If-Match header, you need to make a GET call on the task first which will return you a property called etag which should be used in here.

Hope this helps.
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