Assign a task to a user
Assign a task to a user
To assign a task to a user you will need to provide the
POST /task_assignments API with the id of the
task and the user's details. For the user an application can either use the user
id or the user's login email, which Box refers to as their login.
cURL
curl -i -X POST "https://api.box.com/2.0/task_assignments" \
-H "authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>" \
-H "content-type: application/json" \
-d '{
"task": {
"id": "11446498",
"type": "task"
},
"assign_to": {
"id": "4823213"
}
}'Node/TypeScript v10
await client.taskAssignments.createTaskAssignment({
task: new CreateTaskAssignmentRequestBodyTaskField({
type: 'task' as CreateTaskAssignmentRequestBodyTaskTypeField,
id: task.id!,
}),
assignTo: {
id: currentUser.id,
} satisfies CreateTaskAssignmentRequestBodyAssignToField,
} satisfies CreateTaskAssignmentRequestBody);Python v10
client.task_assignments.create_task_assignment(
CreateTaskAssignmentTask(type=CreateTaskAssignmentTaskTypeField.TASK, id=task.id),
CreateTaskAssignmentAssignTo(id=current_user.id),
).NET v10
await client.TaskAssignments.CreateTaskAssignmentAsync(requestBody: new CreateTaskAssignmentRequestBody(task: new CreateTaskAssignmentRequestBodyTaskField(type: CreateTaskAssignmentRequestBodyTaskTypeField.Task, id: NullableUtils.Unwrap(task.Id)), assignTo: new CreateTaskAssignmentRequestBodyAssignToField() { Id = currentUser.Id }));Swift v10
try await client.taskAssignments.createTaskAssignment(requestBody: CreateTaskAssignmentRequestBody(task: CreateTaskAssignmentRequestBodyTaskField(type: CreateTaskAssignmentRequestBodyTaskTypeField.task, id: task.id!), assignTo: CreateTaskAssignmentRequestBodyAssignToField(id: currentUser.id)))Java v10
client.getTaskAssignments().createTaskAssignment(new CreateTaskAssignmentRequestBody(new CreateTaskAssignmentRequestBodyTaskField.Builder(task.getId()).type(CreateTaskAssignmentRequestBodyTaskTypeField.TASK).build(), new CreateTaskAssignmentRequestBodyAssignToField.Builder().id(currentUser.getId()).build()))Java v4
BoxUser user = new BoxUser(api, "user-id")
BoxTask task = new BoxTask(api, "id");
task.addAssignment(user);Python v3
user = client.user(user_id='11111')
assignment = client.task(task_id='12345').assign(user)
print(f'Assignment ID is {assignment.id} and is assigned to user {assignment.assigned_to.name}').NET v5
// Assign task 11111 to user 22222
var assignmentParams = new BoxTaskAssignmentRequest()
{
Task = new BoxTaskRequest()
{
Id = "11111"
},
AssignTo = new BoxAssignmentRequest()
{
Id = "22222"
}
};
BoxTaskAssignment assignment = await client.TasksManager.CreateTaskAssignmentAsync(assignmentParams);Node v3
// Assign task 11111 to user 22222
var taskID = '11111';
var userID = '22222';
client.tasks.assignByUserID(taskID, userID)
.then(assignment => {
/* assignment -> {
type: 'task_assignment',
id: '12345',
item:
{ type: 'file',
id: '33333',
sequence_id: '0',
etag: '0',
sha1: '7840095ee096ee8297676a138d4e316eabb3ec96',
name: 'script.js' },
assigned_to:
{ type: 'user',
id: '22222',
name: 'Sample Assignee',
login: 'assignee@exmaple.com' },
message: null,
completed_at: null,
assigned_at: '2013-05-10T11:43:41-07:00',
reminded_at: null,
resolution_state: 'incomplete',
assigned_by:
{ type: 'user',
id: '33333',
name: 'Example User',
login: 'user@example.com' } }
*/
});