Create taskFileAttachment

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Add a new taskFileAttachment object to a todoTask.

This operation limits the size of the attachment you can add to under 3 MB. If the size of the file attachments is more than 3 MB, create an upload session to upload the attachments.

This API is supported in the following national cloud deployments.

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

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.All

HTTP request

POST /me/todo/lists/{id}/tasks/{id}/attachments
POST /users/{id}/todo/lists/{id}/tasks/{id}/attachments

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 taskFileAttachment object.

When you create a file attachment, include "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.taskFileAttachment" and the required properties.

Property Type Description
contentBytes Binary The base64-encoded contents of the file. Required.
contentType String The content type of the attachment.
name String The name of the text displayed under the icon that represents the embedded attachment. This does not need to be the actual file name. Required.
size Int32 The size in bytes of the attachment.

Response

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

Examples

Request

The following is an example of a request.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/todo/lists/AAMkpsDRVK=/tasks/AAKdfjhgsjhgJ=/attachments
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.taskFileAttachment",
  "name": "smile",
  "contentBytes": "a0b1c76de9f7=",
  "contentType": "image/gif"
}

Response

The following 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

{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.taskFileAttachment",
  "id": "AAMkADNkN2R",
  "lastModifiedDateTime": "2017-01-26T08:48:28Z",
  "name": "smile",
  "contentType": "image/gif",
  "size": 1008
}