> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developer.box.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Make changes to an existing task
export const Link = ({href, children, className, ...props}) => {
const localizedHref = localizeLink(href);
return
{children}
;
};
export const MultiRelatedLinks = ({sections = []}) => {
if (!sections || sections.length === 0) {
return null;
}
return
;
};
To update a task in Box you will need to call the
`PUT /tasks/:task_id` API with the ID of the task. This API
can be used to change the `action` type of the task, add a `message`, or change
the due date.
```sh cURL theme={null}
curl -i -X PUT "https://api.box.com/2.0/tasks/12345" \
-H "authorization: Bearer " \
-H "content-type: application/json" \
-d '{
"action": "review"
}'
```
```typescript Node/TypeScript v10 theme={null}
await client.tasks.updateTaskById(task.id!, {
requestBody: {
message: 'updated message',
} satisfies UpdateTaskByIdRequestBody,
} satisfies UpdateTaskByIdOptionalsInput);
```
```python Python v10 theme={null}
client.tasks.update_task_by_id(task.id, message="updated message")
```
```csharp .NET v10 theme={null}
await client.Tasks.UpdateTaskByIdAsync(taskId: NullableUtils.Unwrap(task.Id), requestBody: new UpdateTaskByIdRequestBody() { Message = "updated message" });
```
```swift Swift v10 theme={null}
try await client.tasks.updateTaskById(taskId: task.id!, requestBody: UpdateTaskByIdRequestBody(message: "updated message"))
```
```java Java v10 theme={null}
client.getTasks().updateTaskById(task.getId(), new UpdateTaskByIdRequestBody.Builder().message("updated message").build())
```
```java Java v5 theme={null}
BoxTask task = new BoxTask(api, "id");
BoxTask.Info info = task.new Info();
info.setMessage("An edited message.");
task.updateInfo(info);
```
```py Python v4 theme={null}
task_update = {'message': 'New Message', 'due_at': '2014-04-03T11:09:43-10:00'}
updated_task = client.task(task_id='12345').update_info(data=task_update)
print(f'New task message is {updated_task.message} and the new due time is {updated_task.due_at}')
```
```csharp .NET v6 theme={null}
var updates = new BoxTaskUpdateRequest()
{
Id = "22222",
Message = "Could you please review this?"
};
BoxTask updatedTask = await client.TasksManager.UpdateTaskAsync(updates);
```
```js Node v4 theme={null}
client.tasks.update('11111', { message: 'Could you please review?' })
.then(task => {
/* task -> {
type: 'task',
id: '11111',
item:
{ type: 'file',
id: '22222',
sequence_id: '0',
etag: '0',
sha1: '0bbd79a105c504f99573e3799756debba4c760cd',
name: 'box-logo.png' },
due_at: '2014-04-03T11:09:43-07:00',
action: 'review',
message: 'Could you please review?',
task_assignment_collection: { total_count: 0, entries: [] },
is_completed: false,
created_by:
{ type: 'user',
id: '33333',
name: 'Example User',
login: 'user@example.com' },
created_at: '2013-04-03T11:12:54-07:00' }
*/
});
```
## Task actions
Box currently supports two types of tasks defined by the `action` value:
`review` tasks and `complete` tasks.
The type of task determines the possible resolution states a task can be in and
the interface shown to a user in the web and mobile apps.
| Task action | Possible resolution states |
| ----------- | ------------------------------------ |
| `review` | `incomplete`, `approved`, `rejected` |
| `complete` | `incomplete`, `complete` |
A `review` task starts out in an `incomplete` state and can be marked as
`incomplete`, `approved`, or `rejected`. In the user interface a user is
provided with a text box and an pair of buttons to approve or reject the task.
A `complete` task starts out in an `incomplete` state and can be marked
`incomplete` or `completed`. Once a this task is marked completed, no
further changes can be made to the task's state. In the user interface a user is
provided with a text box and an button to mark the task as completed.
## Completion rules
A task on a file can be assigned to more than one collaborator on the file, and
a task has a `completion_rule` that can be used to define if all users who've
been assigned the task (`all_assignees`) or only one assignee (`any_assignee`)
need to complete the task.