Create checklistItem

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 to-do API set built on baseTask is deprecated as of May 31, 2022, and will stop returning data on August 31, 2022. Please use the API set built on todoTask.

Create a new checklistItem object as a subtask in a bigger baseTask.

Permissions

One of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Permissions.

Permission type	Permissions (from least to most privileged)
Delegated (work or school account)	Tasks.ReadWrite
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Tasks.ReadWrite
Application	Tasks.ReadWrite

HTTP request

POST /me/tasks/lists/{baseTaskListId}/tasks/{baseTaskId}/checklistItems
POST /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/tasks/lists/{baseTaskListId}/tasks/{baseTaskId}/checklistItems

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required.
Content-Type	application/json. Required.

Request body

In the request body, supply a JSON representation of the checklistItem object.

You can specify the following properties when creating a checklistItem.

Property	Type	Description
checkedDateTime	DateTimeOffset	The date and time when the checklistItem was finished.
createdDateTime	DateTimeOffset	The date and time when the checklistItem was created.
displayName	String	Field indicating the title of checklistItem.
isChecked	Boolean	State indicating whether the item is checked off or not.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 201 Created response code and a checklistItem object in the response body.

Examples

Request

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/tasks/lists/AAMkADliMmU5YjJlLTVmMmQtNGQzNS1iYjA0LTdmZTA2NTI0MTE5YwAuAAAAAADdOMUbUmCfTKa7OC-fqjkdAQBnu3olF7NfToRyJ2f__TNcAAAAAAESAAA=/tasks/AAkALgAAAAAAHYQDEapmEc2byACqAC-EWg0AZ7t6JRezX06Ecidn-vkzXAABPDii4gAA/checklistitems/
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "displayName": "Final sign-off from the team"
}

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const checklistitems = {
    displayName: 'Final sign-off from the team'
};

await client.api('/me/tasks/lists/AAMkADliMmU5YjJlLTVmMmQtNGQzNS1iYjA0LTdmZTA2NTI0MTE5YwAuAAAAAADdOMUbUmCfTKa7OC-fqjkdAQBnu3olF7NfToRyJ2f__TNcAAAAAAESAAA=/tasks/AAkALgAAAAAAHYQDEapmEc2byACqAC-EWg0AZ7t6JRezX06Ecidn-vkzXAABPDii4gAA/checklistitems/')
	.version('beta')
	.post(checklistitems);

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.

Response

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "@odata.context": "https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#users('6f9a2a92-8527-4d64-937e-b5312852f35d')/tasks/lists('AAMkADliMmU5YjJlLTVmMmQtNGQzNS1iYjA0LTdmZTA2NTI0MTE5YwAuAAAAAADdOMUbUmCfTKa7OC-fqjkdAQBnu3olF7NfToRyJ2f__TNcAAAAAAESAAA%3D')/tasks('AAkALgAAAAAAHYQDEapmEc2byACqAC-EWg0AZ7t6JRezX06Ecidn-vkzXAABPDii4gAA')/checklistItems/$entity",
    "displayName": "Final sign-off from the team",
    "createdDateTime": "2021-11-17T05:35:03.9736453Z",
    "isChecked": false,
    "id": "e3a26c2e-7c6f-4317-9d71-c27267008202"
}