Get outlookTask (deprecated)

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Important

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Caution

The Outlook tasks API is deprecated and stopped returning data on August 20, 2022. Use the To Do API instead.

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=

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"

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"
}