Create baseTaskList (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 to-do API set built on baseTask is deprecated as of May 31, 2022, and will stop returning data on August 31, 2022. Please use the API set built on todoTask.

Create a new baseTaskList object.

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

POST /me/tasks/lists
POST /users/{userId|userPrincipalName}/tasks/lists

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Content-Type	application/json. Required.

Request body

In the request body, supply a JSON representation of the baseTaskList object.

The following table shows the properties that are required when you create a baseTaskList.

Property	Type	Description
displayName	String	Field indicating title of the task list.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 201 Created response code and a baseTaskList object in the response body.

Examples

Request

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/tasks/lists
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.taskList",
    "displayName": "Shopping list"
}

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const lists = {
    '@odata.type': '#microsoft.graph.taskList',
    displayName: 'Shopping list'
};

await client.api('/me/tasks/lists')
	.version('beta')
	.post(lists);

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

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.taskList",
    "@odata.etag": "W/\"kOO4xOT//0qFRAqk3TNe0QAABCE3Uw==\"",
    "displayName": "Shopping list",
    "id": "AAMkAGVjMzJmMWZjLTgyYjgtNGIyNi1hOGQ0LWRjMjNmMGRmOWNi"
}