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title: "tasks"
description: "REST API endpoints for tasks."
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# ZeyOS Standard REST API (v1)

## Tag: tasks
Tasks

## Spec
- /__doc/openapi/api.json

## Servers
- https://cloud.zeyos.com/{INSTANCE}/api/v1 — ZeyOS Cloud

## Authentication
- oauth (oauth2) — OAuth 2.0 Authorization ([RFC 6749](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6749)); use the **[ZeyOS OAuth 2.0 API](https://developers.zeyos.com/oauth2) `POST /oauth2/v1/token`** to obtain a valid bearer token
- token (http) — HTTP Bearer Authentication ([RFC 6750](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6750))
- session (apiKey) — Session Cookie Authentication ([RFC 6265](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6265))

## Endpoints
| Method | Path | Summary |
| ------ | ---- | ------- |
| POST | /tasks | List tasks |
| PUT | /tasks | Create new task |
| DELETE | /tasks/{ID} | Delete task |
| GET | /tasks/{ID} | Get task |
| HEAD | /tasks/{ID} | Check if task exists |
| PATCH | /tasks/{ID} | Update existing task |

### POST /tasks
- Summary: List tasks
- OperationId: listTasks
- Description: List selected data from all tasks that match the specified filter and search criteria in a specific sort order. Requires `tasks` permission.

Parameters:
- (none)

Request body:
- #/components/requestBodies/list

Responses:
- 200 — OK
  - application/json — array
- 401: #/components/responses/401
- 403: #/components/responses/403
- 500: #/components/responses/500

### PUT /tasks
- Summary: Create new task
- OperationId: createTask
- Description: Create a new task and return its persistent data. Requires writable `tasks` permission.

Parameters:
- (none)

Request body:
- #/components/requestBodies/tasks

Responses:
- 201 — Successful Creation (Created)
  - application/json — #/components/schemas/tasks
- 401: #/components/responses/401
- 403: #/components/responses/403
- 409 — ID Present (Conflict)
- 410 — Gone
- 500: #/components/responses/500

### DELETE /tasks/{ID}
- Summary: Delete task
- OperationId: deleteTask
- Description: Permanently delete an existing task by **`ID`**. Requires writable `tasks` permission.

Parameters:
- #/components/parameters/ID
- #/components/parameters/If-Match
- #/components/parameters/If-Unmodified-Since

Request body:
- (none)

Responses:
- 204 — Successful Deletion (No Content)
- 401: #/components/responses/401
- 403: #/components/responses/403
- 404 — Not Found
- 409 — Not Deletable (Conflict)
- 412 — Non-matching ETag (Precondition Failed)
- 500: #/components/responses/500

### GET /tasks/{ID}
- Summary: Get task
- OperationId: getTask
- Description: Return the data of an existing task by **`ID`**. Requires `tasks` permission.

Parameters:
- #/components/parameters/ID
- #/components/parameters/expand
- #/components/parameters/extdata
- #/components/parameters/tags
- #/components/parameters/If-Modified-Since
- #/components/parameters/If-None-Match

Request body:
- (none)

Responses:
- 200 — OK
  - application/json — #/components/schemas/tasks
- 304 — Not Modified
- 401: #/components/responses/401
- 403: #/components/responses/403
- 404 — Not Found
- 500: #/components/responses/500

### HEAD /tasks/{ID}
- Summary: Check if task exists
- OperationId: existsTask
- Description: Check if a task with **`ID`** exists, but do not return its data. Requires `tasks` permission.

Parameters:
- #/components/parameters/ID
- #/components/parameters/If-Modified-Since
- #/components/parameters/If-None-Match

Request body:
- (none)

Responses:
- 204: #/components/responses/204-exists
- 304 — Not Modified
- 401: #/components/responses/401
- 404 — Not Found
- 500: #/components/responses/500

### PATCH /tasks/{ID}
- Summary: Update existing task
- OperationId: updateTask
- Description: Update an existing task by **`ID`** and return its persistent data. Requires writable `tasks` permission.

Parameters:
- #/components/parameters/ID
- #/components/parameters/If-Match
- #/components/parameters/If-Unmodified-Since

Request body:
- #/components/requestBodies/tasks

Responses:
- 200 — Successful Update (OK)
  - application/json — #/components/schemas/tasks
- 401: #/components/responses/401
- 403: #/components/responses/403
- 404 — Not Found
- 409 — Non-matching ID (Conflict)
- 410 — Gone
- 412 — Non-matching ETag (Precondition Failed)
- 500: #/components/responses/500