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PUT
/
tasks
/
{task_id}
Update Task
curl --request PUT \
  --url https://api.everhour.com/tasks/{task_id} \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'X-Api-Key: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "Task Name",
  "section": 1234,
  "labels": [
    "high",
    "bug"
  ],
  "status": "open",
  "color": "#fdb301",
  "dueOn": "2018-03-05",
  "startOn": "2018-03-01",
  "description": "<string>",
  "assignees": [
    {
      "userId": 123,
      "accountId": "<string>"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    123
  ],
  "fields": [
    {}
  ],
  "cover": {
    "coverId": 123,
    "coverPick": "recent"
  }
}
'
import requests

url = "https://api.everhour.com/tasks/{task_id}"

payload = {
"name": "Task Name",
"section": 1234,
"labels": ["high", "bug"],
"status": "open",
"color": "#fdb301",
"dueOn": "2018-03-05",
"startOn": "2018-03-01",
"description": "<string>",
"assignees": [
{
"userId": 123,
"accountId": "<string>"
}
],
"tags": [123],
"fields": [{}],
"cover": {
"coverId": 123,
"coverPick": "recent"
}
}
headers = {
"X-Api-Key": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.put(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {
method: 'PUT',
headers: {'X-Api-Key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
name: 'Task Name',
section: 1234,
labels: ['high', 'bug'],
status: 'open',
color: '#fdb301',
dueOn: '2018-03-05',
startOn: '2018-03-01',
description: '<string>',
assignees: [{userId: 123, accountId: '<string>'}],
tags: [123],
fields: [{}],
cover: {coverId: 123, coverPick: 'recent'}
})
};

fetch('https://api.everhour.com/tasks/{task_id}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.everhour.com/tasks/{task_id}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PUT",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'name' => 'Task Name',
'section' => 1234,
'labels' => [
'high',
'bug'
],
'status' => 'open',
'color' => '#fdb301',
'dueOn' => '2018-03-05',
'startOn' => '2018-03-01',
'description' => '<string>',
'assignees' => [
[
'userId' => 123,
'accountId' => '<string>'
]
],
'tags' => [
123
],
'fields' => [
[

]
],
'cover' => [
'coverId' => 123,
'coverPick' => 'recent'
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"X-Api-Key: <api-key>"
],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
package main

import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)

func main() {

url := "https://api.everhour.com/tasks/{task_id}"

payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"name\": \"Task Name\",\n \"section\": 1234,\n \"labels\": [\n \"high\",\n \"bug\"\n ],\n \"status\": \"open\",\n \"color\": \"#fdb301\",\n \"dueOn\": \"2018-03-05\",\n \"startOn\": \"2018-03-01\",\n \"description\": \"<string>\",\n \"assignees\": [\n {\n \"userId\": 123,\n \"accountId\": \"<string>\"\n }\n ],\n \"tags\": [\n 123\n ],\n \"fields\": [\n {}\n ],\n \"cover\": {\n \"coverId\": 123,\n \"coverPick\": \"recent\"\n }\n}")

req, _ := http.NewRequest("PUT", url, payload)

req.Header.Add("X-Api-Key", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.put("https://api.everhour.com/tasks/{task_id}")
.header("X-Api-Key", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"name\": \"Task Name\",\n \"section\": 1234,\n \"labels\": [\n \"high\",\n \"bug\"\n ],\n \"status\": \"open\",\n \"color\": \"#fdb301\",\n \"dueOn\": \"2018-03-05\",\n \"startOn\": \"2018-03-01\",\n \"description\": \"<string>\",\n \"assignees\": [\n {\n \"userId\": 123,\n \"accountId\": \"<string>\"\n }\n ],\n \"tags\": [\n 123\n ],\n \"fields\": [\n {}\n ],\n \"cover\": {\n \"coverId\": 123,\n \"coverPick\": \"recent\"\n }\n}")
.asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.everhour.com/tasks/{task_id}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Put.new(url)
request["X-Api-Key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"name\": \"Task Name\",\n \"section\": 1234,\n \"labels\": [\n \"high\",\n \"bug\"\n ],\n \"status\": \"open\",\n \"color\": \"#fdb301\",\n \"dueOn\": \"2018-03-05\",\n \"startOn\": \"2018-03-01\",\n \"description\": \"<string>\",\n \"assignees\": [\n {\n \"userId\": 123,\n \"accountId\": \"<string>\"\n }\n ],\n \"tags\": [\n 123\n ],\n \"fields\": [\n {}\n ],\n \"cover\": {\n \"coverId\": 123,\n \"coverPick\": \"recent\"\n }\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "id": "ev:9876543210",
  "name": "Task Name",
  "projects": [
    "ev:1234567890"
  ],
  "section": 1234,
  "labels": [
    "high",
    "bug"
  ],
  "position": 1,
  "description": "<string>",
  "dueAt": "2018-03-05 16:00:00",
  "status": "open",
  "time": {
    "total": 7200,
    "users": {
      "1304": 3600,
      "1543": 3600
    }
  },
  "estimate": {
    "total": 7200,
    "type": "overall",
    "users": {
      "1304": 3600,
      "1543": 3600
    }
  },
  "attributes": {
    "Client": "Everhour",
    "Priority": "high"
  },
  "metrics": {
    "efforts": 42,
    "expenses": 199
  },
  "unbillable": true
}

Authorizations

X-Api-Key
string
header
required

Path Parameters

task_id
string
required

Task ID

Example:

"ev:3000010034"

Body

application/json
name
string
Example:

"Task Name"

section
integer

Section ID

Example:

1234

labels
string[]
Example:
["high", "bug"]
status
enum<string>
Available options:
open,
closed
Example:

"open"

color
string

Label color, max 15 chars.

Example:

"#fdb301"

dueOn
string

Due date, format Y-m-d. Send "" to clear.

Example:

"2018-03-05"

startOn
string

Start date, format Y-m-d. Send "" to clear.

Example:

"2018-03-01"

description
string

Plain-text description, max 2000 chars.

assignees
object[]

Task assignees.

tags
integer[]

Tag IDs, max 10.

fields
object[]

Custom field values.

cover
object

Response

OK

id
string
required
Example:

"ev:9876543210"

name
string
required
Example:

"Task Name"

projects
string[]
required

List of projects ID

Example:
["ev:1234567890"]
section
number | null

Section ID

Example:

1234

labels
string[]
Example:
["high", "bug"]
position
number
Example:

1

description
string | null
dueAt
string | null

Format: Y-m-d H:i:s

Example:

"2018-03-05 16:00:00"

status
enum<string>
Available options:
open,
closed
Example:

"open"

time
object
estimate
object
attributes
object

Custom attributes from integration

Example:
{ "Client": "Everhour", "Priority": "high" }
metrics
object

Custom metrics from integration

Example:
{ "efforts": 42, "expenses": 199 }
unbillable
boolean