osapi.jive.corev3.contents.Task

An entity representing a task. Tasks can be personal tasks or inside projects.

Examples:
Example JSON

JSON with the most important data for a Task. See the table below for a list of all fields.

{
  "type" : "task",
  "status" : "published",
  "subject" : "Clean the carpet",
  "parent" : "https://example.jiveon.com/api/core/v3/people/1",
  "content" : {
    "type" : "text/html",
    "text" : "<body><p>Replace the broken vacuum cleaner, then clean the carpet.</p></body>"
  },
  "author" : {
    "name" : {
      "formatted" : "Administrator"
    },
    "type" : "person",
    "displayName" : "Administrator",
    "id" : "1"
  },
  "owner" : "https://example.jiveon.com/api/core/v3/people/1",
  "completed" : false,
  "followerCount" : 1,
  "dueDate" : "2012-07-12T06:59:59.999+0000",
  "published" : "2012-07-10T22:20:15.749+0000",
  "updated" : "2012-07-10T22:20:15.749+0000",
  "visibleToExternalContributors" : false,
  "tags" : [ ]
}
Create Personal Task

Read createTask() to learn how to create a new personal task.

Create Project Task

Read createTask() to learn how to create a new personal task.

Properties

PropertyTypeMode Description
authorPersonread-only

Author of this content object.

completedBooleanoptional

Flag indicating that this task has been completed. This field is required during update operations.

contentContentBodyoptional

Associated notes to this task.

dueDateISO 8601 Daterequired

The date that this task is scheduled to be completed.

followerCountIntegerread-only

Number of people following this object.

Availability:

Will be present only for object types that support being followed.

highlightBodyStringread-only

Highlight snippet of a search match in the body or description.

Availability:

Will be present in search results only.

highlightSubjectStringread-only

Highlight snippet of a search match in the subject or name.

Availability:

Will be present in search results only.

highlightTagsStringread-only

Highlight snippet of a search match in tags.

Availability:

Will be present in search results only.

idStringread-only

Identifier (unique within an object type and Jive instance) of this object. This field is internal to Jive and should not be confused with contentID or placeID used in URIs.

likeCountIntegerread-only

Number of people who have liked this object.

Availability:

Will be present only for object types that support being liked.

ownerStringoptional

The owner of this task. This is typically the person responsible for accomplishing the task. For personal tasks this can only be the user that created the task. If none was specified for project tasks then the user creating or updating the task will become the owner.

parentStringrequired

URI of the parent project or person, for personal tasks, of this content object. When creating a task from the person service or the place service then this field is not required since it is inferred from the context.

parentContentSummaryread-only

Summary information about the content object that is the parent of this object.

Availability:

Will be present in search results only.

parentPlaceSummaryread-only

Summary information about the place that contains this object.

Availability:

Will be present in search results only.

parentTaskStringoptional

The parent task, if this is a sub-task.

publishedISO 8601 Dateread-only

Date and time when this content object was originally created.

replyCountIntegerread-only

Number of replies to this object.

Availability:

Will be present only for object types that support replies.

resourcesObjectread-only

Resource links (and related permissions for the requesting person) relevant to this object.

statusStringread-only

Published status of this content object.

  • incomplete - Content object is in draft mode
  • pending_approval - Content object is waiting for approval
  • rejected - Content object has been rejected for publication by an approver
  • published - Content object has been published
subjectStringrequired

Subject of this content object.

subTasksString[]read-only

The sub-tasks of this task.

tagsString[]optional

Tags associated with this object.

Availability:

Will be present only for object types that support tags

typeStringrequired

The object type of this object ("task"). This field is required when creating new content.

updatedISO 8601 Dateread-only

Date and time this content object was most recently updated.

viewCountIntegerread-only

Number of times this content object has been viewed.

Availability:

Will be present only for objects that support view counts

visibleToExternalContributorsBooleanread-only

Flag indicating that this content object is potentially visible to external contributors.

→ Fields used by update and create operations
→ Fields used only by create operations
→ Fields not used by update or create operations

Methods

destroy()
DELETE /contents/1234

Retrieves

--

Description

Delete this content object and any related comments and other related information.

get(options)
GET /contents/1234

Retrieves

Task

Description

Return an updated version of this content object.

Options:
NameTypeRequiredDescription
fieldsStringfalseThe names of the fields to be returned
Retrieves:
  • Content describing this content object
  • getFollowers(options)
    GET /contents/1234/followers

    Retrieves

    Person[]

    Description

    Return a paginated list of the people following this content.

    Options:
    NameTypeRequiredDescription
    countIntegerfalseNumber of followers to be returned (default is 25)
    fieldsStringfalseNames of the fields to be returned
    startIndexIntegerfalseZero-relative index of the first follower to be returned
    Retrieves:
  • Person[]
  • Since: 3.5
    getFollowingIn(options)
    GET /contents/1234/followingIn

    Retrieves

    Stream[]

    Description

    Return the list of custom streams in which the requesting person is following this task (if any).

    Options:
    NameTypeRequiredDescription
    fieldsStringfalseThe names of the fields to be returned
    Retrieves:
  • Stream[]
  • markRead()
    POST /contents/1234/read

    Retrieves

    --

    Description

    Mark this task as having been read.

    Since: 3.2
    markUnread()
    DELETE /contents/1234/read

    Retrieves

    --

    Description

    Mark this task as having not been read.

    Since: 3.2
    toURI()

    Retrieves

    String

    Description

    Retrieves:
  • A URI representing this entity, or undefined if no such URI exists.
  • update(multipartbody,options)
    PUT /contents/1234

    Retrieves

    Content

    Description

    Update the information about this content object.

    Options:
    NameTypeRequiredDescription
    fieldsStringfalseThe names of the fields to be returned
    Retrieves:
  • Content representing the updated content object
  • Resources

    ResourceMethodReturnsDescription
    htmlGETObject

    Return the HTML representation of this content object.