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"
}
}'TypeScript Gen
await client.taskAssignments.createTaskAssignment({
task: new CreateTaskAssignmentRequestBodyTaskField({
type: 'task' as CreateTaskAssignmentRequestBodyTaskTypeField,
id: task.id!,
}),
assignTo: {
id: currentUser.id,
} satisfies CreateTaskAssignmentRequestBodyAssignToField,
} satisfies CreateTaskAssignmentRequestBody);Python Gen
client.task_assignments.create_task_assignment(
CreateTaskAssignmentTask(
type=CreateTaskAssignmentTaskTypeField.TASK.value, id=task.id
),
CreateTaskAssignmentAssignTo(id=current_user.id),
).NET Gen
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 Gen (Beta)
try await client.taskAssignments.createTaskAssignment(requestBody: CreateTaskAssignmentRequestBody(task: CreateTaskAssignmentRequestBodyTaskField(type: CreateTaskAssignmentRequestBodyTaskTypeField.task, id: task.id!), assignTo: CreateTaskAssignmentRequestBodyAssignToField(id: currentUser.id)))Java
BoxUser user = new BoxUser(api, "user-id")
BoxTask task = new BoxTask(api, "id");
task.addAssignment(user);Python
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
// 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
// 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' } }
*/
});