Create todoTask
Namespace: microsoft.graph
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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 |
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✅ | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ |
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 |
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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"
}
]
}