Todoist

Todoist Tasks API

Task (item) management operations

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Documentation

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Documentation
https://developer.todoist.com/api/v1/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/todoist/refs/heads/main/openapi/todoist-tasks-api-openapi.yml
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AsyncAPI
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Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
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Other Resources

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Vocabulary
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GraphQL
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OpenAPI Specification

todoist-tasks-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Todoist Comments Tasks API
  description: The Todoist API v1 provides programmatic access to task management, projects, sections, labels, reminders, comments, workspaces, and more. Supports OAuth 2.0 and personal API tokens. Includes incremental sync via the /sync endpoint.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: Todoist Developer Support
    url: https://developer.todoist.com/
  termsOfService: https://doist.com/terms-of-service
  license:
    name: Todoist API Terms
    url: https://developer.todoist.com/
servers:
- url: https://api.todoist.com/api/v1
  description: Production
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Tasks
  description: Task (item) management operations
paths:
  /tasks:
    get:
      operationId: listTasks
      summary: List Tasks
      description: Returns a list of tasks filtered by project, section, label, or other criteria.
      tags:
      - Tasks
      parameters:
      - name: project_id
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Filter by project ID
      - name: section_id
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Filter by section ID
      - name: label
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Filter by label name
      - name: filter
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Filter expression
      - name: lang
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Language for filter expression
      - name: ids
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Comma-separated task IDs
      - name: limit
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
        description: Number of tasks to return
      - name: cursor
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Pagination cursor
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of tasks
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  results:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Task'
                  next_cursor:
                    type: string
    post:
      operationId: createTask
      summary: Create Task
      description: Creates a new task in Todoist.
      tags:
      - Tasks
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateTaskRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Created task
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Task'
  /tasks/{id}:
    get:
      operationId: getTask
      summary: Get Task
      description: Returns a single task by its ID.
      tags:
      - Tasks
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Task details
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Task'
    post:
      operationId: updateTask
      summary: Update Task
      description: Updates a task with new properties.
      tags:
      - Tasks
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdateTaskRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Updated task
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Task'
    delete:
      operationId: deleteTask
      summary: Delete Task
      description: Deletes a task permanently.
      tags:
      - Tasks
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Task deleted
  /tasks/{id}/close:
    post:
      operationId: closeTask
      summary: Close Task
      description: Marks a task as completed.
      tags:
      - Tasks
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Task closed
  /tasks/{id}/reopen:
    post:
      operationId: reopenTask
      summary: Reopen Task
      description: Marks a previously completed task as uncompleted.
      tags:
      - Tasks
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Task reopened
  /tasks/{id}/move:
    post:
      operationId: moveTask
      summary: Move Task
      description: Moves a task to a different project or section.
      tags:
      - Tasks
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                project_id:
                  type: string
                section_id:
                  type: string
                parent_id:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Task moved
  /tasks/quick_add:
    post:
      operationId: quickAddTask
      summary: Quick Add Task
      description: Creates a task using natural language processing.
      tags:
      - Tasks
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - text
              properties:
                text:
                  type: string
                  description: Natural language task text
                note:
                  type: string
                reminder:
                  type: string
                auto_reminder:
                  type: boolean
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Created task
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Task'
components:
  schemas:
    UpdateTaskRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        content:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
        labels:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        priority:
          type: integer
          enum:
          - 1
          - 2
          - 3
          - 4
        due_string:
          type: string
        due_date:
          type: string
        due_datetime:
          type: string
        assignee_id:
          type: string
    Due:
      type: object
      properties:
        date:
          type: string
        is_recurring:
          type: boolean
        string:
          type: string
        datetime:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        timezone:
          type: string
    CreateTaskRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - content
      properties:
        content:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
        project_id:
          type: string
        section_id:
          type: string
        parent_id:
          type: string
        order:
          type: integer
        labels:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        priority:
          type: integer
          enum:
          - 1
          - 2
          - 3
          - 4
        due_string:
          type: string
        due_date:
          type: string
        due_datetime:
          type: string
        due_lang:
          type: string
        assignee_id:
          type: string
        auto_reminder:
          type: boolean
    Task:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        content:
          type: string
          description: Task content/title
        description:
          type: string
        project_id:
          type: string
        section_id:
          type: string
        parent_id:
          type: string
        order:
          type: integer
        labels:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        priority:
          type: integer
          enum:
          - 1
          - 2
          - 3
          - 4
        due:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Due'
        deadline:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Deadline'
        assignee_id:
          type: string
        assigner_id:
          type: string
        comment_count:
          type: integer
        is_completed:
          type: boolean
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        creator_id:
          type: string
        url:
          type: string
    Deadline:
      type: object
      properties:
        date:
          type: string
        lang:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Personal API token or OAuth 2.0 access token