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POST
/
tasks
Create a task
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.smokeball.com/tasks \
  --header 'Authorization: <api-key>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json-patch+json' \
  --header 'x-api-key: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "staffId": "750eb5c5-ac0b-7d11-4997-e0ce9d8896c8",
  "matterId": "750eb5c5-ac0b-7d11-4997-e0ce9d8896c8",
  "completedByStaffId": "750eb5c5-ac0b-7d11-4997-e0ce9d8896c8",
  "assigneeIds": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "subject": "Review contract for John Smith",
  "note": "Contract needs to be reviewed and discussed with John",
  "isCompleted": false,
  "categories": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "completedDate": "2020-02-15T13:00:00Z",
  "completedDateOnly": "2020-02-15",
  "dueDate": "2020-02-15T13:00:00Z",
  "dueDateOnly": "2020-02-15",
  "duration": "PT4H33M"
}
'
import requests

url = "https://api.smokeball.com/tasks"

payload = {
    "staffId": "750eb5c5-ac0b-7d11-4997-e0ce9d8896c8",
    "matterId": "750eb5c5-ac0b-7d11-4997-e0ce9d8896c8",
    "completedByStaffId": "750eb5c5-ac0b-7d11-4997-e0ce9d8896c8",
    "assigneeIds": ["<string>"],
    "subject": "Review contract for John Smith",
    "note": "Contract needs to be reviewed and discussed with John",
    "isCompleted": False,
    "categories": ["<string>"],
    "completedDate": "2020-02-15T13:00:00Z",
    "completedDateOnly": "2020-02-15",
    "dueDate": "2020-02-15T13:00:00Z",
    "dueDateOnly": "2020-02-15",
    "duration": "PT4H33M"
}
headers = {
    "x-api-key": "<api-key>",
    "Authorization": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json-patch+json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'x-api-key': '<api-key>',
    Authorization: '<api-key>',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json-patch+json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    staffId: '750eb5c5-ac0b-7d11-4997-e0ce9d8896c8',
    matterId: '750eb5c5-ac0b-7d11-4997-e0ce9d8896c8',
    completedByStaffId: '750eb5c5-ac0b-7d11-4997-e0ce9d8896c8',
    assigneeIds: ['<string>'],
    subject: 'Review contract for John Smith',
    note: 'Contract needs to be reviewed and discussed with John',
    isCompleted: false,
    categories: ['<string>'],
    completedDate: '2020-02-15T13:00:00Z',
    completedDateOnly: '2020-02-15',
    dueDate: '2020-02-15T13:00:00Z',
    dueDateOnly: '2020-02-15',
    duration: 'PT4H33M'
  })
};

fetch('https://api.smokeball.com/tasks', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.smokeball.com/tasks",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'staffId' => '750eb5c5-ac0b-7d11-4997-e0ce9d8896c8',
    'matterId' => '750eb5c5-ac0b-7d11-4997-e0ce9d8896c8',
    'completedByStaffId' => '750eb5c5-ac0b-7d11-4997-e0ce9d8896c8',
    'assigneeIds' => [
        '<string>'
    ],
    'subject' => 'Review contract for John Smith',
    'note' => 'Contract needs to be reviewed and discussed with John',
    'isCompleted' => false,
    'categories' => [
        '<string>'
    ],
    'completedDate' => '2020-02-15T13:00:00Z',
    'completedDateOnly' => '2020-02-15',
    'dueDate' => '2020-02-15T13:00:00Z',
    'dueDateOnly' => '2020-02-15',
    'duration' => 'PT4H33M'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: <api-key>",
    "Content-Type: application/json-patch+json",
    "x-api-key: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.smokeball.com/tasks"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"staffId\": \"750eb5c5-ac0b-7d11-4997-e0ce9d8896c8\",\n  \"matterId\": \"750eb5c5-ac0b-7d11-4997-e0ce9d8896c8\",\n  \"completedByStaffId\": \"750eb5c5-ac0b-7d11-4997-e0ce9d8896c8\",\n  \"assigneeIds\": [\n    \"<string>\"\n  ],\n  \"subject\": \"Review contract for John Smith\",\n  \"note\": \"Contract needs to be reviewed and discussed with John\",\n  \"isCompleted\": false,\n  \"categories\": [\n    \"<string>\"\n  ],\n  \"completedDate\": \"2020-02-15T13:00:00Z\",\n  \"completedDateOnly\": \"2020-02-15\",\n  \"dueDate\": \"2020-02-15T13:00:00Z\",\n  \"dueDateOnly\": \"2020-02-15\",\n  \"duration\": \"PT4H33M\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json-patch+json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.smokeball.com/tasks")
  .header("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
  .header("Authorization", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json-patch+json")
  .body("{\n  \"staffId\": \"750eb5c5-ac0b-7d11-4997-e0ce9d8896c8\",\n  \"matterId\": \"750eb5c5-ac0b-7d11-4997-e0ce9d8896c8\",\n  \"completedByStaffId\": \"750eb5c5-ac0b-7d11-4997-e0ce9d8896c8\",\n  \"assigneeIds\": [\n    \"<string>\"\n  ],\n  \"subject\": \"Review contract for John Smith\",\n  \"note\": \"Contract needs to be reviewed and discussed with John\",\n  \"isCompleted\": false,\n  \"categories\": [\n    \"<string>\"\n  ],\n  \"completedDate\": \"2020-02-15T13:00:00Z\",\n  \"completedDateOnly\": \"2020-02-15\",\n  \"dueDate\": \"2020-02-15T13:00:00Z\",\n  \"dueDateOnly\": \"2020-02-15\",\n  \"duration\": \"PT4H33M\"\n}")
  .asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.smokeball.com/tasks")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["x-api-key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Authorization"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json-patch+json'
request.body = "{\n  \"staffId\": \"750eb5c5-ac0b-7d11-4997-e0ce9d8896c8\",\n  \"matterId\": \"750eb5c5-ac0b-7d11-4997-e0ce9d8896c8\",\n  \"completedByStaffId\": \"750eb5c5-ac0b-7d11-4997-e0ce9d8896c8\",\n  \"assigneeIds\": [\n    \"<string>\"\n  ],\n  \"subject\": \"Review contract for John Smith\",\n  \"note\": \"Contract needs to be reviewed and discussed with John\",\n  \"isCompleted\": false,\n  \"categories\": [\n    \"<string>\"\n  ],\n  \"completedDate\": \"2020-02-15T13:00:00Z\",\n  \"completedDateOnly\": \"2020-02-15\",\n  \"dueDate\": \"2020-02-15T13:00:00Z\",\n  \"dueDateOnly\": \"2020-02-15\",\n  \"duration\": \"PT4H33M\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "id": "<string>",
  "href": "<string>",
  "relation": "<string>",
  "method": "GET"
}
{
  "type": "<string>",
  "title": "<string>",
  "status": 123,
  "detail": "<string>",
  "instance": "<string>"
}
{
  "type": "<string>",
  "title": "<string>",
  "status": 123,
  "detail": "<string>",
  "instance": "<string>"
}

Authorizations

ā€‹
x-api-key
string
header
required
ā€‹
Authorization
string
header
required

Body

ā€‹
staffId
string
required

Unique identifier of the associated staff member creating or updating the task.

Minimum string length: 1
Example:

"750eb5c5-ac0b-7d11-4997-e0ce9d8896c8"

ā€‹
matterId
string | null

Unique identifier of the matter associated to the task.

Example:

"750eb5c5-ac0b-7d11-4997-e0ce9d8896c8"

ā€‹
completedByStaffId
string | null

Unique identifier of the associated staff member completing the task.

Example:

"750eb5c5-ac0b-7d11-4997-e0ce9d8896c8"

ā€‹
assigneeIds
string[] | null

Unique identifier(s) of the associated staff member(s) assigned to the task.

ā€‹
subject
string | null

The subject - this should be a short description of the task.

Example:

"Review contract for John Smith"

ā€‹
note
string | null

Notes on the task.

Example:

"Contract needs to be reviewed and discussed with John"

ā€‹
isCompleted
boolean

True when the task is completed.

Example:

false

ā€‹
categories
string[] | null

Categories for the task.

ā€‹
completedDate
string<date-time> | null
deprecated

Deprecated. Use CompletedDateOnly instead.

Completed date of the task in UTC. If not provided and IsCompleted is set to true, the current date will be used.

Example:

"2020-02-15T13:00:00Z"

ā€‹
completedDateOnly
string<date-time> | null

Completed date of the task. Takes precendence over CompletedDate if set. If not provided and IsCompleted is set to true, the current date will be used.

Any time/timezone information will be discarded and only the date portion will be considered.

Example:

"2020-02-15"

ā€‹
dueDate
string<date-time> | null
deprecated

Deprecated. Use DueDateOnly instead.

Due date of the task in UTC.

Example:

"2020-02-15T13:00:00Z"

ā€‹
dueDateOnly
string<date-time> | null

Due date of the task. Takes precendence over DueDate if set.

Any time/timezone information will be discarded and only the date portion will be considered.

Example:

"2020-02-15"

ā€‹
duration
string | null

Duration of the task in ISO 8601 duration format.

Example:

"PT4H33M"

Response

When request is accepted. Returns a hypermedia 'Link' object of the task to be created.

ā€‹
id
string | null
ā€‹
href
string | null
ā€‹
relation
string | null
ā€‹
method
string | null
default:GET