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# Create a task

POST https://api.contentful.com/spaces/{space_id}/environments/{environment_id}/entries/{entry_id}/tasks
Content-Type: application/vnd.contentful.management.v1+json

Creates a task on an entry with an auto-generated ID; limit is 100 tasks per entry. Email notifications are sent to the assignee (and team members if assigned to a team).

Reference: https://contentful.com/developers/docs/references/content-management-api/entry-tasks/create-a-task

## Authentication

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

## Request

### Path parameters

- `space_id` (string, required) — ID of the space in form of a string
- `environment_id` (string, required) — ID of the environment in form of a string
- `entry_id` (string, required) — ID of the entry in form of a string

### Body (application/vnd.contentful.management.v1+json)

This endpoint expects a map from string to any.

- `map from string to any`

## Response

### 201

Created - Resource created successfully

- `map from string to any`

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "assignedTo": {
    "sys": {
      "id": "<assignee_id>",
      "linkType": "<User|Team>",
      "type": "Link"
    }
  },
  "body": "Review translation",
  "status": "active"
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "assignedTo": {
    "sys": {
      "id": "<assignee_id>",
      "linkType": "<User|Team>",
      "type": "Link"
    }
  },
  "body": "Review translation",
  "status": "active",
  "sys": {
    "createdAt": "2025-03-05T16:16:53.000Z",
    "createdBy": {
      "sys": {
        "id": "7BslKh9TdKGOK41VmLDjFZ",
        "linkType": "User",
        "type": "Link"
      }
    },
    "environment": {
      "sys": {
        "id": "staging",
        "linkType": "Environment",
        "type": "Link"
      }
    },
    "id": "RHfHVRz3QkAgcMq4CGg2m5",
    "parentEntity": {
      "sys": {
        "id": "5KsDBWseXY6QegucYAoacS",
        "linkType": "Entry",
        "type": "Link"
      }
    },
    "space": {
      "sys": {
        "id": "yadj1kx9rmg0",
        "linkType": "Space",
        "type": "Link"
      }
    },
    "type": "Task",
    "updatedAt": "2025-03-05T16:16:53.000Z",
    "updatedBy": {
      "sys": {
        "id": "4FLrUHftHW3v2BLi9fzfjU",
        "linkType": "User",
        "type": "Link"
      }
    },
    "version": 1
  }
}
```

**SDK Code**

```javascript JavaScript
import { createClient } from 'contentful-management'

// Client init
const client = contentful.createClient({
  accessToken: '<content_management_api_key>'
})

const task = await client.task.create(
 {
   spaceId: '<space_id>',
   entryId: '<entry_id>',
   environmentId: '<environment_id>',
 },
 {
   body: 'Review Translation',
   status: 'active',
   assignedTo: {
     sys: {
       type: 'Link',
        linkType: 'User',
        id: <user_id>
     }
   }
 }
);
```

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