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# PM · Tasks · Create a task in a status column with inline assignees and tags

POST https://api.simplified.com/api/v1/pm/tasks
Content-Type: application/json

Create a task in a status column. The `status` UUID is required and determines
which board the task belongs to. Composite fields (`assignees`, `tags`) are
handled by the toolkit's middleware — pass them inline and the correct
sub-resource calls are made automatically after creation.
Note: `assignees` are NOT reflected in the create response; use
`getTask?expand=assignees` to verify.


Reference: https://docs.simplified.com/api-reference/project-manager/tasks/create-task

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (required) (prefixed with ` Api-Key   `) — Header authentication of the form `Api-Key  <token>`
- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your auth token.

## Request

### Headers

- `Organization` (string, optional) — Workspace (organization) ID the request is scoped to.
- `Space` (string, optional) — Optional sub-space ID for further scoping inside the workspace.

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects a TaskCreateRequest.

- `status` (string, required) — Target status UUID.
- `title` (string, optional)
- `description` (string, optional) — Plain text task description. This is the field agents and CLI users should set. The toolkit converts it to a Quill Delta and writes `rich_description` automatically.
- `rich_description` (map from string to any, optional) — INTERNAL — Quill Delta representation. Set automatically by the toolkit when you pass `description`. Do not pass directly unless you have a pre-built Delta and know what you're doing.
- `start_date` (datetime, optional)
- `due_date` (datetime, optional)
- `priority` (integer, optional) — Priority enum value.
- `parent` (string, optional) — Parent task UUID (for subtasks).
- `task_type` (enum, optional) — Task discriminator. Defaults to `TASK`.
  - Allowed values: `TASK`, `SUBTASK`, `CHECKLIST`, `TEMPLATE`
- `complete` (boolean, optional)
- `estimated_hours` (double, optional) — Estimated completion time in hours.
- `order` (integer, optional)
- `extra` (map from string to any, optional) — Free-form payload (`_extra` on the model).
- `custom_fields` (map from string to any, optional) — Map of custom field UUID → value. Validated against board's custom-field configuration.
- `tags` (list of string, optional) — Tag names to apply to the task on creation (native — set in one call).
- `assignees` (list of integer, optional) — Integer user IDs to assign (get from listWorkspaceMembers). Composite field — toolkit calls POST /tasks/\{id}/assignees/ automatically after creation. Note: assignees are NOT in the createTask response; use getTask?expand=assignees to verify.

## Response

### 201

Task created.

- `any`

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "status": "string"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.simplified.com/api/v1/pm/tasks"

payload = { "status": "string" }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Api-Key  <apiKey>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

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

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.simplified.com/api/v1/pm/tasks';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Api-Key  <apiKey>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"status":"string"}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://api.simplified.com/api/v1/pm/tasks"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"status\": \"string\"\n}")

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

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Api-Key  <apiKey>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

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

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

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.simplified.com/api/v1/pm/tasks")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Api-Key  <apiKey>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"status\": \"string\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.simplified.com/api/v1/pm/tasks")
  .header("Authorization", "Api-Key  <apiKey>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"status\": \"string\"\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://api.simplified.com/api/v1/pm/tasks', [
  'body' => '{
  "status": "string"
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Api-Key  <apiKey>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.simplified.com/api/v1/pm/tasks");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Api-Key  <apiKey>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"status\": \"string\"\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Api-Key  <apiKey>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = ["status": "string"] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.simplified.com/api/v1/pm/tasks")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```