Create Task with Microsoft 365 Planner API

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Getting Started#

Create a workflow to Create Task with the Microsoft 365 Planner API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Configure the Create Task action
1. Connect your Microsoft 365 Planner account
2. Select a Group
3. Select a Plan
4. Configure Title
5. Optional- Configure Due Date Time
6. Optional- Select a Bucket
7. Optional- Select one or more Assignees
Select a trigger to run your workflow on HTTP requests, schedules or app events
Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
Turn on the trigger

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Details#

This is a pre-built, source-available component from Pipedream's GitHub repo. The component is developed by Pipedream and the community, and verified and maintained by Pipedream.

To contribute an update to an existing component or create a new component, create a PR on GitHub. If you're new to Pipedream component development, you can start with quickstarts for trigger span and action development, and then review the component API reference.

Create Task on Microsoft 365 Planner

Description:Create a new task in Microsoft 365 Planner. [See the documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/planner-post-tasks)

Version:0.0.2

Key:microsoft_365_planner-create-task

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Code#

import microsoft365Planner from "../../microsoft_365_planner.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "microsoft_365_planner-create-task",
  name: "Create Task",
  description: "Create a new task in Microsoft 365 Planner. [See the documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/planner-post-tasks)",
  version: "0.0.2",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    microsoft365Planner,
    groupId: {
      propDefinition: [
        microsoft365Planner,
        "groupId",
      ],
    },
    planId: {
      propDefinition: [
        microsoft365Planner,
        "planId",
        (c) => ({
          groupId: c.groupId,
        }),
      ],
    },
    title: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Title",
      description: "The title of the task",
    },
    dueDateTime: {
      type: "string",
      label: "Due Date Time",
      description: "Date and time at which the task is due. The Timestamp type represents date and time information using ISO 8601 format and is always in UTC time. For example, midnight UTC on Jan 1, 2014 is `2014-01-01T00:00:00Z`",
      optional: true,
    },
    bucketId: {
      propDefinition: [
        microsoft365Planner,
        "bucketId",
        (c) => ({
          planId: c.planId,
        }),
      ],
    },
    assigneeIds: {
      propDefinition: [
        microsoft365Planner,
        "assigneeIds",
        (c) => ({
          groupId: c.groupId,
        }),
      ],
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const assignments = {};
    if (this.assignments?.length) {
      for (const id of this.assigneeIds) {
        assignments[id] = {
          "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.plannerAssignment",
          "orderHint": " !",
        };
      }
    }
    const response = await this.microsoft365Planner.createTask({
      data: {
        planId: this.planId,
        title: this.title,
        dueDateTime: this.dueDateTime,
        bucketId: this.bucketId,
        assignments,
      },
      $,
    });

    if (response.id) {
      $.export("$summary", `Successfully created task with ID ${response.id}.`);
    }

    return response;
  },
};

Configuration#

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI and CLI.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
Microsoft 365 Planner	`microsoft365Planner`	`app`	This component uses the Microsoft 365 Planner app.
Group	`groupId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Plan	`planId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Title	`title`	`string`	The title of the task
Due Date Time	`dueDateTime`	`string`	Date and time at which the task is due. The Timestamp type represents date and time information using ISO 8601 format and is always in UTC time. For example, midnight UTC on Jan 1, 2014 is `2014-01-01T00:00:00Z`
Bucket	`bucketId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Assignees	`assigneeIds`	`string[]`	Select a value from the drop down menu.

Authentication#

Microsoft 365 Planner uses OAuth authentication. When you connect your Microsoft 365 Planner account, Pipedream will open a popup window where you can sign into Microsoft 365 Planner and grant Pipedream permission to connect to your account. Pipedream securely stores and automatically refreshes the OAuth tokens so you can easily authenticate any Microsoft 365 Planner API.

Pipedream requests the following authorization scopes when you connect your account:

emailoffline_accessopenidprofileGroup.ReadWrite.AllFiles.ReadWriteFiles.Read.AllMailboxSettings.ReadTasks.ReadWriteUser.ReadUser.Read.All