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title Create outlookTask
description Create an Outlook task in the specified task folder.
author mashriv
ms.localizationpriority medium
ms.subservice outlook
doc_type apiPageType
ms.date 04/05/2024

Create outlookTask (deprecated)

Namespace: microsoft.graph

[!INCLUDE beta-disclaimer]

[!INCLUDE outlooktask-deprecate-allup]

Create an Outlook task in the specified task folder.

The POST method always ignores the time portion of startDateTime and dueDateTime in the request body, and assumes the time to be always midnight in the specified time zone.

[!INCLUDE national-cloud-support]

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.

[!INCLUDE permissions-table]

HTTP request

POST /me/outlook/taskFolders/{id}/tasks
POST /me/outlook/taskGroups/{id}/taskFolders/{id}/tasks
POST /users/{id|userPrincipalName}/outlook/taskFolders/{id}/tasks
POST /users/{id|userPrincipalName}/outlook/taskGroups/{id}/taskFolders/{id}/tasks

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

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

Response

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

Example

Request

The following example shows a request.

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/outlook/taskFolders/AAMkADIyAAAhrbPXAAA=/tasks
Content-type: application/json

{
  "subject": "Shop for dinner",
  "startDateTime": {
      "dateTime": "2016-04-23T18:00:00",
      "timeZone": "Pacific Standard Time"
  },
  "dueDateTime":  {
      "dateTime": "2016-04-25T13:00:00",
      "timeZone": "Pacific Standard Time"
  }
}

C#

[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]

Go

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Java

[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]

JavaScript

[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]

PHP

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PowerShell

[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]

Python

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

Response

The POST method ignores the time portion in the request body and assumes the time to be always midnight in the specified time zone (PST). Then, by default, the POST method converts and shows all the date-related properties in UTC in the response.

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

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

{
  "createdDateTime": "2016-04-22T05:44:01.2012012Z",
  "lastModifiedDateTime": "2016-04-22T05:44:02.9980882Z",
  "changeKey": "1/KC9Vmu40G3DwB6Lgs7MAAAIOJMxw==",
  "categories": [ ],
  "assignedTo": "null",
  "body": {
    "contentType": "Text",
    "content": ""
  },
  "completedDateTime": null,
  "dueDateTime": {
    "dateTime": "2016-04-25T07:00:00.0000000",
    "timeZone": "UTC"
  },
  "hasAttachments":false,
  "importance": "Normal",
  "isReminderOn": false,
  "owner": "Administrator",
  "parentFolderId": "AQMkADA1MTkAAAAIBEgAAAA==",
  "recurrence": null,
  "reminderDateTime": null,
  "sensitivity": "Normal",
  "startDateTime": {
    "dateTime": "2016-04-23T07:00:00.0000000",
    "timeZone": "UTC"
  },
  "status": "NotStarted",
  "subject": "Shop for dinner"
}