GET/tasks/{id}.json

Retrieve a Task

Get a Task

  • When you get a single task the responsible-party-ids is only returned if the task is assigned to one or more people. If it is not returned then the task is considered assigned to Anyone.

  • Private will return a 0, 1 or 2. An open task will be '0', A private task will be '1' and a task which is in a private list will be a '2' as it will inherit the privacy from the parent task list (or parent task)

  • If a Task is already completed, the following fields will also be visible:

    • "status":"completed",
    • "completed":true,
    • "completed_on":"2017-04-20T12:50:19Z"

Path Params

  • Name
    id
    Type
    string
    required
    Description

Query Params

  • Name
    getFiles
    Type
    boolean
    Description

    Files attached to tasks can be returned within the task object by setting this parameter to true.

    Default
    false
  • Name
    nestSubTasks
    Type
    boolean
    Description

    Sub tasks can be nested within each returned task object by setting this parameter to true.

    Default
    false
  • Name
    includeCompletedSubtasks
    Type
    boolean
    Description

    Used in conjunction with nestSubTasks, this parameter can be used to include completed subtasks by setting it to true.

    Default
    false

Responses

  • Code
    200
    Type
    object
    Schema
    Description
    200 Response

Examples

200 Response

application/json
{
  "STATUS": "OK",
  "todo-item": {
    "id": 1,
    "canComplete": true,
    "comments-count": 0,
    "description": "Hi Holly,\n\nPlease look at requirements for main landing page.",
    "has-reminders": false,
    "has-unread-comments": false,
    "private": 0,
    "content": "Illustration for landing page",
    "order": 2001,
    "project-id": 1,
    "project-name": "Website Redesign",
    "todo-list-id": 1,
    "todo-list-name": "Design Requirements",
    "tasklist-private": false,
    "tasklist-isTemplate": false,
    "status": "new",
    "company-name": "[9999] Holly's Web Agency",
    "company-id": 1,
    "creator-id": 1,
    "creator-firstname": "Holly",
    "creator-lastname": "Bracken",
    "updater-id": 0,
    "updater-firstname": "",
    "updater-lastname": "",
    "completed": false,
    "start-date": "",
    "due-date-base": "20200430",
    "due-date": "20200430",
    "created-on": "2020-04-28T16:31:24Z",
    "last-changed-on": "2020-04-28T16:31:24Z",
    "position": 2001,
    "estimated-minutes": 240,
    "priority": "medium",
    "progress": 10,
    "harvest-enabled": false,
    "parentTaskId": "",
    "lockdownId": "",
    "tasklist-lockdownId": "",
    "has-dependencies": 0,
    "has-predecessors": 0,
    "hasTickets": false,
    "tags": [
      {
        "id": 1,
        "name": "design",
        "color": "#37ced0",
        "projectId": 0
      }
    ],
    "timeIsLogged": "0",
    "attachments-count": 0,
    "responsible-party-ids": "1",
    "responsible-party-id": "1",
    "responsible-party-names": "Holly O'Driscoll",
    "responsible-party-type": "Person",
    "responsible-party-firstname": "Holly",
    "responsible-party-lastname": "O'Driscoll",
    "responsible-party-summary": "Holly O'Driscoll",
    "predecessors": [],
    "canEdit": true,
    "viewEstimatedTime": true,
    "creator-avatar-url": "",
    "canLogTime": true,
    "commentFollowerSummary": "Holly O'Driscoll",
    "changeFollowerSummary": "Holly O'Driscoll",
    "commentFollowerIds": "1",
    "changeFollowerIds": "1",
    "userFollowingComments": false,
    "userFollowingChanges": false,
    "DLM": 0
  }
}