Create baseTask (deprecated)

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Important

APIs under the /beta version in Microsoft Graph are subject to change. Use of these APIs in production applications is not supported. To determine whether an API is available in v1.0, use the Version selector.

Caution

The to-do API set built on baseTask was deprecated on May 31, 2022, and stopped returning data on August 31, 2022. Use the todoTask API instead.

Create a new baseTask object in a specific baseTaskList.

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/tasks/lists/{baseTaskListId}/tasks
POST /users/{userId|userPrincipalName}/tasks/lists/{baseTaskListId}/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 baseTask object.

You can specify the following properties when creating a baseTask.

Property	Type	Description
textBody	String	The task body in text format that typically contains information about the task.
createdDateTime	DateTimeOffset	The date in the specified time zone that the task was finished.
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'.
completedDateTime	DateTimeOffset	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.
startDateTime	dateTimeTimeZone	The date in the specified time zone when the task is to begin.
importance	importance	The importance of the task. The possible values are: low, normal, high.
recurrence	patternedRecurrence	The recurrence pattern for the task.
displayName	String	A brief description of the task.
status	taskStatus_v2	Indicates the state or progress of the task. The possible values are: notStarted, inProgress, completed, unknownFutureValue. Required.
viewpoint	taskViewpoint	Properties that are personal to a user such as reminderDateTime.

Response

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

Examples

Request

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/tasks/lists/AQMkAGVjMzJmMWZjLTgyYjgtNGIyNi1hOGQ0LWRjMjNmMGRmOWNi/tasks
Content-Type: application/json
Content-length: 634

{
  "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.task",
  "textBody":  "String",
  "bodyLastModifiedDateTime": "String (timestamp)",
  "completedDateTime": "String (timestamp)",
  "dueDateTime": {
    "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.dateTimeTimeZone"
  },
  "startDateTime": {
    "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.dateTimeTimeZone"
  },
  "importance": "String",
  "recurrence": {
    "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.patternedRecurrence"
  },
  "displayName": "String",
  "status": "String",
  "viewpoint": {
    "@odata.type": "microsoft.graph.taskViewpoint"
  }
}

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const tasks = {
  '@odata.type': '#microsoft.graph.task',
  textBody: 'String',
  bodyLastModifiedDateTime: 'String (timestamp)',
  completedDateTime: 'String (timestamp)',
  dueDateTime: {
    '@odata.type': 'microsoft.graph.dateTimeTimeZone'
  },
  startDateTime: {
    '@odata.type': 'microsoft.graph.dateTimeTimeZone'
  },
  importance: 'String',
  recurrence: {
    '@odata.type': 'microsoft.graph.patternedRecurrence'
  },
  displayName: 'String',
  status: 'String',
  viewpoint: {
    '@odata.type': 'microsoft.graph.taskViewpoint'
  }
};

await client.api('/me/tasks/lists/AQMkAGVjMzJmMWZjLTgyYjgtNGIyNi1hOGQ0LWRjMjNmMGRmOWNi/tasks')
	.version('beta')
	.post(tasks);

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

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.task",
    "@odata.etag": "W/\"kOO4xOT//0qFRAqk3TNe0QAABCE1Xg==\"",
    "importance": "normal",
    "status": "notStarted",
    "displayName": "Buy medicine",
    "createdDateTime": "2021-11-17T10:11:18.0229364Z",
    "lastModifiedDateTime": "2021-11-17T10:11:18.19789Z",
    "id": "AAkALgAAAAAAHYQDEapmEc2byACqAC",
    "textBody":  "",
    "parentList": {
        "id": "AQMkAGVjMzJmMWZjLTgyYjgtNGIyNi1hOGQ0LWRjMjNmMGRmOWNi"
    }
}