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Getting Started

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

  1. Configure the Create Task action
    1. Connect your Todoist account
    2. Configure Content
    3. Optional- Configure Description
    4. Optional- Select a Project
    5. Optional- Select a Section
    6. Optional- Select a Parent
    7. Optional- Configure Order
    8. Optional- Select one or more Labels
    9. Optional- Configure Priority
    10. Optional- Configure Due String
    11. Optional- Configure Due Date
    12. Optional- Configure Due Datetime
    13. Optional- Configure Due Language
    14. Optional- Select a Assignee
  2. Select a trigger to run your workflow on HTTP requests, schedules or app events
  3. Deploy the workflow
  4. Send a test event to validate your setup
  5. 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 Todoist
Description:Creates a task. [See the docs here](https://developer.todoist.com/rest/v2/#create-a-new-task)
Version:0.0.3
Key:todoist-create-task

Code

import todoist from "../../todoist.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "todoist-create-task",
  name: "Create Task",
  description: "Creates a task. [See the docs here](https://developer.todoist.com/rest/v2/#create-a-new-task)",
  version: "0.0.3",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    todoist,
    content: {
      propDefinition: [
        todoist,
        "content",
      ],
      description: "Task Content",
      optional: false,
    },
    description: {
      propDefinition: [
        todoist,
        "description",
      ],
    },
    project: {
      propDefinition: [
        todoist,
        "project",
      ],
      description: "Task project. If not set, task is put to user's Inbox.",
      optional: true,
    },
    section: {
      propDefinition: [
        todoist,
        "section",
        (c) => ({
          project: c.project,
        }),
      ],
      description: "The section to put task into",
      optional: true,
    },
    parent: {
      propDefinition: [
        todoist,
        "task",
        (c) => ({
          project: c.project,
          section: c.section,
        }),
      ],
      label: "Parent",
      description: "Parent task",
      optional: true,
    },
    order: {
      propDefinition: [
        todoist,
        "order",
      ],
    },
    labels: {
      propDefinition: [
        todoist,
        "labelString",
      ],
    },
    priority: {
      propDefinition: [
        todoist,
        "priority",
      ],
    },
    dueString: {
      propDefinition: [
        todoist,
        "dueString",
      ],
    },
    dueDate: {
      propDefinition: [
        todoist,
        "dueDate",
      ],
    },
    dueDatetime: {
      propDefinition: [
        todoist,
        "dueDatetime",
      ],
    },
    dueLang: {
      propDefinition: [
        todoist,
        "dueLang",
      ],
    },
    assignee: {
      propDefinition: [
        todoist,
        "assignee",
        (c) => ({
          project: c.project,
        }),
      ],
    },
  },
  async run ({ $ }) {
    const {
      content,
      description,
      project,
      section,
      parent,
      order,
      labels,
      priority,
      dueString,
      dueDate,
      dueDatetime,
      dueLang,
      assignee,
    } = this;
    const data = {
      content,
      description,
      project_id: project,
      section_id: section,
      parent_id: parent,
      order,
      labels,
      priority,
      due_string: dueString,
      due_date: dueDate,
      due_datetime: dueDatetime,
      due_lang: dueLang,
      assignee,
    };
    const resp = await this.todoist.createTask({
      $,
      data,
    });
    $.export("$summary", "Successfully created task");
    return resp;
  },
};

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.
LabelPropTypeDescription
TodoisttodoistappThis component uses the Todoist app.
Contentcontentstring

Task Content

Descriptiondescriptionstring

Task description

ProjectprojectstringSelect a value from the drop down menu.
SectionsectionstringSelect a value from the drop down menu.
ParentparentstringSelect a value from the drop down menu.
Orderorderinteger

Order in a list

Labelslabelsstring[]Select a value from the drop down menu.
Prioritypriorityinteger

Task priority from 1 (normal) to 4 (urgent)

Due StringdueStringstring

Human defined task due date (ex.: "next Monday", "Tomorrow"). Value is set using local (not UTC) time.

Due DatedueDatestring

Specific date in YYYY-MM-DD format relative to user’s timezone

Due DatetimedueDatetimestring

Specific date and time in RFC3339 format in UTC.

Due LanguagedueLangstring

2-letter code specifying language in case due_string is not written in English

AssigneeassigneestringSelect a value from the drop down menu.

Authentication

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

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

task:adddata:read_writedata:deleteproject:delete

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