Create todoTask

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Important

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Create a new task object in a specified todoTaskList.

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.ReadWrite Not available.
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) Tasks.ReadWrite Not available.
Application Not supported. Not supported.

HTTP request

POST /me/todo/lists/{todoTaskListId}/tasks
POST /users/{id|userPrincipalName}/todo/lists/{todoTaskListId}/tasks

Request headers

Name Description
Authorization Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Content-Type application/json. Required.

Request body

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

The following table lists the properties that are required when you create the todoTask.

Property Type Description
id String Unique identifier for the task. By default, this value changes when the item is moved from one list to another.
body itemBody The task body that typically contains information about the task.
categories String collection The categories associated with the task. Each category corresponds to the displayName property of an outlookCategory that the user has defined.
completedDateTime dateTimeTimeZone The date in the specified time zone that the task was finished.
dueDateTime dateTimeTimeZone The date in the specified time zone that the task is to be finished.
importance importance The importance of the task. Possible values are: low, normal, high.
isReminderOn Boolean Set to true if an alert is set to remind the user of the task.
recurrence patternedRecurrence The recurrence pattern for the task.
reminderDateTime dateTimeTimeZone The date and time for a reminder alert of the task to occur.
startDateTime dateTimeTimeZone The date in the specified time zone at which the task is scheduled to start.
status taskStatus Indicates the state or progress of the task. Possible values are: notStarted, inProgress, completed, waitingOnOthers, deferred.
title String A brief description of the task.
createdDateTime DateTimeOffset The date and time when the task was created. By default, it is in UTC. You can provide a custom time zone in the request header. The property value uses ISO 8601 format. For example, midnight UTC on Jan 1, 2020 would look like this: '2020-01-01T00:00:00Z'.
lastModifiedDateTime DateTimeOffset The date and time when the task was last modified. By default, it is in UTC. You can provide a custom time zone in the request header. The property value uses ISO 8601 format and is always in UTC time. For example, midnight UTC on Jan 1, 2020 would look like this: '2020-01-01T00:00:00Z'.
bodyLastModifiedDateTime DateTimeOffset The date and time when the task was last modified. By default, it is in UTC. You can provide a custom time zone in the request header. The property value uses ISO 8601 format and is always in UTC time. For example, midnight UTC on Jan 1, 2020 would look like this: '2020-01-01T00:00:00Z'.

Response

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

Examples

Request

The following example creates a todoTask in the specified task list, and includes a linkedResource.

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/todo/lists/AQMkADAwATM0MDAAMS0yMDkyLWVjMzYtM/tasks
Content-Type: application/json

{
   "title":"A new task",
   "categories": ["Important"],
   "linkedResources":[
      {
         "webUrl":"http://microsoft.com",
         "applicationName":"Microsoft",
         "displayName":"Microsoft"
      }
   ]
}

Response

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

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

{
   "@odata.etag":"W/\"xzyPKP0BiUGgld+lMKXwbQAAnBoTIw==\"",
   "importance":"low",
   "isReminderOn":false,
   "status":"notStarted",
   "title":"A new task",
   "createdDateTime":"2020-08-18T09:03:05.8339192Z",
   "lastModifiedDateTime":"2020-08-18T09:03:06.0827766Z",
   "categories": ["Important"],
   "id":"AlMKXwbQAAAJws6wcAAAA=",
   "body":{
      "content":"",
      "contentType":"text"
   },
   "linkedResources":[
      {
         "id":"f9cddce2-dce2-f9cd-e2dc-cdf9e2dccdf9",
         "webUrl":"http://microsoft.com",
         "applicationName":"Microsoft",
         "displayName":"Microsoft"
      }
   ]
}