Get Task Description task.item.getdescription

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Scope: task

Who can execute the method: any user

This method returns the description of a task.

DEPRECATED

Development of this method has been halted. Please use tasks.task.get.

Method Parameters

Name

Description

TASKID

Task identifier

FORMAT

Acceptable values:

  • 1 (corresponds to PHP constant CTaskItem::DESCR_FORMAT_RAW) — the description will be returned in the format it is stored in the database (HTML or BB-code), no sanitization will be performed
  • 2 (corresponds to PHP constant CTaskItem::DESCR_FORMAT_HTML) — the description will be returned in HTML format, sanitized beforehand (if enabled in the task module settings)
  • 3 (corresponds to PHP constant CTaskItem::DESCR_FORMAT_PLAIN_TEXT) — the description will be returned as plain text (without HTML tags)

It is mandatory to maintain the order of parameters in the request. If this order is violated, the request will be executed with errors.

Code Examples

How to Use Examples in Documentation

curl -X POST \
        -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
        -H "Accept: application/json" \
        -d '{"TASKID":13,"USERID":1}' \
        https://**put_your_bitrix24_address**/rest/**put_your_user_id_here**/**put_your_webhook_here**/task.item.getdescription
        
curl -X POST \
        -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
        -H "Accept: application/json" \
        -d '{"TASKID":13,"USERID":1,"auth":"**put_access_token_here**"}' \
        https://**put_your_bitrix24_address**/rest/task.item.getdescription
        
try
        {
        	const response = await $b24.callMethod(
        		'task.item.getdescription',
        		[13, 1]
        	);
        	
        	const result = response.getData().result;
        	console.info(result);
        	console.log(result);
        }
        catch( error )
        {
        	console.error('Error:', error);
        }
        
try {
            $response = $b24Service
                ->core
                ->call(
                    'task.item.getdescription',
                    [13, 1]
                );
        
            $result = $response
                ->getResponseData()
                ->getResult();
        
            echo 'Success: ' . print_r($result, true);
            // Your data processing logic here
            processData($result);
        
        } catch (Throwable $e) {
            error_log($e->getMessage());
            echo 'Error getting task description: ' . $e->getMessage();
        }
        
BX24.callMethod(
            'task.item.getdescription',
            [13, 1],
            function(result)
            {
                console.info(result.data());
                console.log(result);
            }
        );
        
require_once('crest.php');
        
        $result = CRest::call(
            'task.item.getdescription',
            [
                'TASKID' => 13,
                'USERID' => 1
            ]
        );
        
        echo '<PRE>';
        print_r($result);
        echo '</PRE>';