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# Action: Create Task

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<p align="center">The Create Task action adds a new task to a specified list.</p>

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#### 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](/human-connections/google/google-tasks-individual.md)

### 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
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

```

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