Action: Create Task

Google Tasks Operation

The Create Task action adds a new task to a specified list.

Example User Story

I want to create a new task in Google Tasks so that I can keep track of my team's assignments and deadlines.

Fields

Field Name	Field Type	Required
taskListId	String	Yes
title	String	Yes
notes	String	No
due	String	No

Related Connections

Google Tasks

Related Automations

Example link

Code (Apache v2.0): Operation

{
  "handle": "create-task",
  "state": "inDev",
  "meta": {
    "short": "Create Task",
    "description": "Creates a new task in Google Tasks."
  },
  "input": [
    {
      "name": "taskListId",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The ID of the task list to add the task to."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "title",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The title of the task."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "notes",
      "type": "String",
      "required": false,
      "meta": {
        "description": "Notes or description for the task."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "due",
      "type": "String",
      "required": false,
      "meta": {
        "description": "Due date of the task in RFC 3339 format."
      }
    }
  ],
  "output": [
    {
      "name": "taskId",
      "type": "String",
      "selector": ["id"],
      "meta": {
        "description": "The ID of the created task."
      }
    }
  ],
  "steps": [
    {
      "type": "http",
      "http": {
        "method": "POST",
        "path": "/tasks/v1/lists/{{taskListId}}/tasks",
        "headers": {
          "Content-Type": "application/json"
        },
        "bodyTemplate": {
          "value": "{\"title\": \"{{title}}\", \"notes\": \"{{notes}}\", \"due\": \"{{due}}\"}",
          "placeholders": [
            {
              "name": "title",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "The title of the task.",
              "required": true
            },
            {
              "name": "notes",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "Notes or description for the task.",
              "required": false
            },
            {
              "name": "due",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "Due date of the task in RFC 3339 format.",
              "required": false
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}