Task
An entity representing a task. Tasks can be personal tasks or inside projects.
Examples:
Example JSON
JSON including important fields and a Task's resources. See the tables below for a list of all fields and resources.
{ "type" : "task", "status" : "published", "subject" : "Clean the carpet", "parent" : "https://example.jiveon.com/api/core/v3/people/1", "content" : { "type" : "text/html", "text" : "<body>Replace the broken vacuum cleaner, then clean the carpet.</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" : [ ], "id" : "1001", "resources" : { "self" : { "ref" : "https://example.jiveon.com/api/core/v3/contents/1240", "allowed" : [ "PUT", "DELETE", "GET" ] }, "html" : { "ref" : "https://example.jiveon.com/tasks/1001", "allowed" : [ "GET" ] }, "followingIn" : { "ref" : "https://example.jiveon.com/api/core/v3/contents/1240/followingIn", "allowed" : [ "GET" ] } } }
Create Personal Task
POST to /people/{personID}/tasks creates a new personal task. The minimum set of fields you must include are:
{ "subject": "Clean the carpet", "dueDate" : "2013-07-12T06:59:59.999+0000", "type": "task" }
Create Project Task
POST to /places/{placeID}/tasks creates a new task in a project. The minimum set of fields you must include are:
{ "subject": "Clean the carpet", "dueDate" : "2013-07-12T06:59:59.999+0000", "type": "task" }
Fields
| Field | Type | Mode † | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Person | read-only | Author of this content object. |
completed | Boolean | optional | Flag indicating that this task has been completed. This field is required during update operations. |
content | ContentBody | optional | Associated notes to this task. |
dueDate | ISO 8601 Date | required | The date that this task is scheduled to be completed. |
followerCount | Integer | read-only | Number of people following this object. Availability:Will be present only for object types that support being followed. |
highlightBody | String | read-only | Highlight snippet of a search match in the body or description. Availability:Will be present in search results only. |
highlightSubject | String | read-only | Highlight snippet of a search match in the subject or name. Availability:Will be present in search results only. |
highlightTags | String | read-only | Highlight snippet of a search match in tags. Availability:Will be present in search results only. |
id | String | read-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. |
likeCount | Integer | read-only | Number of people who have liked this object. Availability:Will be present only for object types that support being liked. |
owner | String | optional | 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. |
parent | String | required | 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. |
parentContent | Summary | read-only | Summary information about the content object that is the parent of this object. Availability:Will be present in search results only. |
parentPlace | Summary | read-only | Summary information about the place that contains this object. Availability:Will be present in search results only. |
parentTask | String | optional | The parent task, if this is a sub-task. |
published | ISO 8601 Date | read-only | Date and time when this content object was originally created. |
replyCount | Integer | read-only | Number of replies to this object. Availability:Will be present only for object types that support replies. |
resources | Object | read-only | Resource links (and related permissions for the requesting person) relevant to this object. |
status | String | read-only | Published status of this content object.
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subject | String | required | Subject of this content object. |
subTasks | String[] | read-only | The sub-tasks of this task. |
| String[] | optional | Tags associated with this object. Availability:Will be present only for object types that support tags |
type | String | required | The object type of this object ("task"). This field is required when creating new content. |
updated | ISO 8601 Date | read-only | Date and time this content object was most recently updated. |
viewCount | Integer | read-only | Number of times this content object has been viewed. Availability:Will be present only for objects that support view counts |
visibleToExternalContributors | Boolean | read-only | Flag indicating that this content object is potentially visible to external contributors. |
Resources
| Resource | Method | Description |
|---|---|---|
followers | GET | Return a paginated list of the people following this content. Retrieves:Since: 3.5 |
followingIn | GET | Return the list of custom streams in which the requesting person is following this task (if any). Retrieves: |
html | GET | Return the HTML representation of this content object. |
read | POST | Mark this task as having been read. Since: 3.2 |
read | DELETE | Mark this task as having not been read. Since: 3.2 |
self | GET | Return an updated version of this content object. Retrieves: |
self | PUT | Update the information about this content object. Retrieves: |
self | DELETE | Delete this content object and any related comments and other related information. |