Get 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 will stop returning data on August 20, 2022. Please use the new To Do API. For more information, see To Do APIs in public preview.

Get the properties and relationships of an Outlook task in the user's mailbox.

By default, this operation (and the POST, PATCH, 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.Read	Not available.
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Tasks.Read	Not available.
Application	Not supported.	Not supported.

HTTP request

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

Optional query parameters

This method supports the OData Query Parameters to help customize the response.

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

Don't supply a request body for this method.

Response

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

Examples

Example 1: Get an Outlook task

Request

The following example shows a request.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/outlook/tasks/AAMkADA1MTrgAAA=


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

// 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}"].GetAsync();

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.


// THE CLI IS IN PREVIEW. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
mgc-beta users outlook tasks get --user-id {user-id} --outlook-task-id {outlookTask-id}

Important

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



import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go"
	  //other-imports
)

graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClientWithCredentials(cred, scopes)



tasks, err := graphClient.Me().Outlook().Tasks().ByOutlookTaskId("outlookTask-id").Get(context.Background(), nil)

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 result = graphClient.me().outlook().tasks().byOutlookTaskId("{outlookTask-id}").get();

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);

let outlookTask = await client.api('/me/outlook/tasks/AAMkADA1MTrgAAA=')
	.version('beta')
	.get();

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\GraphServiceClient;


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


$result = $graphServiceClient->me()->outlook()->tasks()->byOutlookTaskId('outlookTask-id')->get()->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

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

Important

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


from msgraph import GraphServiceClient

graph_client = GraphServiceClient(credentials, scopes)


result = await graph_client.me.outlook.tasks.by_outlook_task_id('outlookTask-id').get()

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. By default, the date-time properties in the response are in UTC.

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

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

{
  "id": "AAMkADA1MTrgAAA=",
  "createdDateTime": "2016-04-22T06:03:35.9279794Z",
  "lastModifiedDateTime": "2016-04-22T06:03:35.9436052Z",
  "changeKey": "1/KC9Vmu40G3DwB6Lgs7MAAAIOJMyQ==",
  "categories": [],
  "assignedTo": null,
  "body": {
    "contentType": "text",
    "content": ""
  },
  "completedDateTime": null,
  "dueDateTime": {
    "dateTime": "2016-04-27T04:00:00.0000000",
    "timeZone": "UTC"
  },
  "hasAttachments": false,
  "importance": "normal",
  "isReminderOn": false,
  "owner": "Administrator",
  "parentFolderId": "AQMkADA1MTBEgAAAA==",
  "recurrence": null,
  "reminderDateTime": null,
  "sensitivity": "normal",
  "startDateTime": {
    "dateTime": "2016-04-26T04:00:00.0000000",
    "timeZone": "UTC"
  },
  "status": "notStarted",
  "subject": "Shop for dinner"
}

Example 2: Get Outlook task with date-time properties in Pacific Standard Time

Request

This example uses the Prefer: outlook.timezone header to specify that the API should return date-time properties in the response in Pacific Standard Time.

GET https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/outlook/tasks/AAMkADA1MHgwAAA=
Prefer: outlook.timezone="Pacific Standard Time"


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

// 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}"].GetAsync((requestConfiguration) =>
{
	requestConfiguration.Headers.Add("Prefer", "outlook.timezone=\"Pacific Standard Time\"");
});

Important

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


// THE CLI IS IN PREVIEW. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
mgc-beta users outlook tasks get --user-id {user-id} --outlook-task-id {outlookTask-id}

Important

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



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

graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClientWithCredentials(cred, scopes)


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

configuration := &graphusers.ItemOutlookTaskItemRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration{
	Headers: headers,
}

tasks, err := graphClient.Me().Outlook().Tasks().ByOutlookTaskId("outlookTask-id").Get(context.Background(), 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 result = graphClient.me().outlook().tasks().byOutlookTaskId("{outlookTask-id}").get(requestConfiguration -> {
	requestConfiguration.headers.add("Prefer", "outlook.timezone=\"Pacific 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);

let outlookTask = await client.api('/me/outlook/tasks/AAMkADA1MHgwAAA=')
	.version('beta')
	.header('Prefer','outlook.timezone="Pacific Standard Time"')
	.get();

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\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Users\Item\Outlook\Tasks\Item\OutlookTaskItemRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration;


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

$requestConfiguration = new OutlookTaskItemRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration();
$headers = [
		'Prefer' => 'outlook.timezone="Pacific Standard Time"',
	];
$requestConfiguration->headers = $headers;


$result = $graphServiceClient->me()->outlook()->tasks()->byOutlookTaskId('outlookTask-id')->get($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

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

Important

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


from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.users.item.outlook.tasks.item.outlook_task_item_request_builder import OutlookTaskItemRequestBuilder

graph_client = GraphServiceClient(credentials, scopes)


request_configuration = OutlookTaskItemRequestBuilder.OutlookTaskItemRequestBuilderGetRequestConfiguration()
request_configuration.headers.add("Prefer", "outlook.timezone=\"Pacific Standard Time\"")


result = await graph_client.me.outlook.tasks.by_outlook_task_id('outlookTask-id').get(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. The date-time properties in the response are returned in the specified Pacific Standard Time.

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

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

{
  "id": "AAMkADA1MHgwAAA=",
  "createdDateTime": "2016-04-22T15:19:18.9526004-07:00",
  "lastModifiedDateTime": "2016-04-22T15:19:19.015101-07:00",
  "changeKey": "1/KC9Vmu40G3DwB6Lgs7MAAAIW9XXA==",
  "categories": [],
  "assignedTo": "Dana Swope",
  "body": {
    "contentType": "text",
    "content": ""
  },
  "completedDateTime": null,
  "dueDateTime": {
    "dateTime": "2016-05-04T021:00:00.0000000",
    "timeZone": "Pacific Standard Time"
  },
  "hasAttachments": false,
  "importance": "normal",
  "isReminderOn": false,
  "owner": "Administrator",
  "parentFolderId": "AQMkADA1MTEgAAAA==",
  "recurrence": null,
  "reminderDateTime": null,
  "sensitivity": "normal",
  "startDateTime": {
    "dateTime": "2016-05-02T21:00:00.0000000",
    "timeZone": "Pacific Standard Time"
  },
  "status": "notStarted",
  "subject": "Shop for children's weekend"
}

Get outlookTask (deprecated)

Permissions

HTTP request

Optional query parameters

Request headers

Request body

Response

Examples

Example 1: Get an Outlook task

Request

Response

Example 2: Get Outlook task with date-time properties in Pacific Standard Time

Request

Response

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