Update outlooktaskfolder (deprecated)

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Important

APIs under the /beta version in Microsoft Graph are subject to change. Use of these APIs in production applications is not supported. To determine whether an API is available in v1.0, use the Version selector.

Caution

The Outlook tasks API is deprecated and will stop returning data on August 20, 2022. Please use the new To Do API. For more information, see To Do APIs in public preview.

Update the writable properties of an Outlook task folder.

You cannot change the name property value of the default task folder, "Tasks".

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service	US Government L4	US Government L5 (DOD)	China operated by 21Vianet
✅	✅	✅	❌

Permissions

Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

Permission type	Least privileged permissions	Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account)	Tasks.ReadWrite	Not available.
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Tasks.ReadWrite	Not available.
Application	Not supported.	Not supported.

HTTP request

PATCH /me/outlook/taskFolders/{id}
PATCH /me/outlook/taskGroups/{id}/taskFolders/{id}
PATCH /users/{id|userPrincipalName}/outlook/taskFolders/{id}
PATCH /users/{id|userPrincipalName}/outlook/taskGroups/{id}/taskFolders/{id}

Optional request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.

Request body

In the request body, supply the values for relevant fields that should be updated. Existing properties that are not included in the request body will maintain their previous values or be recalculated based on changes to other property values. For best performance you shouldn't include existing values that haven't changed.

Property	Type	Description
name	String	The name of the task folder.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 200 OK response code and updated outlookTaskFolder object in the response body.

Example

Request

The following example changes the name of the specified task folder to Charity work.

HTTP

PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/outlook/taskFolders/AAMkADIyAAAhrbPWAAA=
Content-type: application/json

{
  "name": "Charity work"
}

C#

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Models;

var requestBody = new OutlookTaskFolder
{
	Name = "Charity work",
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.Me.Outlook.TaskFolders["{outlookTaskFolder-id}"].PatchAsync(requestBody);

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

CLI

// THE CLI IS IN PREVIEW. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
mgc-beta users outlook task-folders patch --user-id {user-id} --outlook-task-folder-id {outlookTaskFolder-id} --body '{\
  "name": "Charity work"\
}\
'

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go"
	  graphmodels "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go/models"
	  //other-imports
)

graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClientWithCredentials(cred, scopes)


requestBody := graphmodels.NewOutlookTaskFolder()
name := "Charity work"
requestBody.SetName(&name) 

taskFolders, err := graphClient.Me().Outlook().TaskFolders().ByOutlookTaskFolderId("outlookTaskFolder-id").Patch(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Java

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

OutlookTaskFolder outlookTaskFolder = new OutlookTaskFolder();
outlookTaskFolder.setName("Charity work");
OutlookTaskFolder result = graphClient.me().outlook().taskFolders().byOutlookTaskFolderId("{outlookTaskFolder-id}").patch(outlookTaskFolder);

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const outlookTaskFolder = {
  name: 'Charity work'
};

await client.api('/me/outlook/taskFolders/AAMkADIyAAAhrbPWAAA=')
	.version('beta')
	.update(outlookTaskFolder);

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Generated\Models\OutlookTaskFolder;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestBody = new OutlookTaskFolder();
$requestBody->setName('Charity work');

$result = $graphServiceClient->me()->outlook()->taskFolders()->byOutlookTaskFolderId('outlookTaskFolder-id')->patch($requestBody)->wait();

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Users

$params = @{
	name = "Charity work"
}

# A UPN can also be used as -UserId.
Update-MgBetaUserOutlookTaskFolder -UserId $userId -OutlookTaskFolderId $outlookTaskFolderId -BodyParameter $params

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Python

from msgraph import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph.generated.models.outlook_task_folder import OutlookTaskFolder

graph_client = GraphServiceClient(credentials, scopes)

request_body = OutlookTaskFolder(
	name = "Charity work",
)

result = await graph_client.me.outlook.task_folders.by_outlook_task_folder_id('outlookTaskFolder-id').patch(request_body)

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

The following example shows the response. Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
  "id": "AAMkADIyAAAhrbPWAAA=",
  "changeKey": "hmM7Eb/jgEec8l3+gkJEawAAIbAKfQ==",
  "isDefaultFolder": false,
  "name": "Charity work",
  "parentGroupKey": "0006f0b7-0000-0000-c000-000000000046"

}