Create outlookTaskGroup (deprecated)

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Important

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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.

Create an Outlook task group in the user's mailbox.

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 Not supported.

HTTP request

POST /me/outlook/taskGroups
POST /users/{id|userPrincipalName}/outlook/taskGroups

Request headers

Name Description
Authorization Bearer {token}. Required.

Request body

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

Response

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

Example

Request

Here is an example of the request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/outlook/taskGroups
Content-type: application/json

{
  "name": "Leisure tasks"
}

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

Response

Here is an example of the response. Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

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

{
  "id": "AAMkADIyAAAhrbe-AAA=",
  "changeKey": "hmM7Eb/jgEec8l3+gkJEawAAIbAGjg==",
  "isDefaultGroup": false,
  "name": "Leisure tasks",
  "groupKey": "63d640cf-946f-4734-9c29-60dda7b76acb"

}