Move Task to "In Progress" Status task.item.startexecution

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Scope: task

Who can execute the method: any user

This method changes the status of a task to "In Progress".

DEPRECATED

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

Method Parameters

Name

Description

TASKID

Task identifier

Code Examples

How to Use Examples in Documentation

curl -X POST \
        -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
        -H "Accept: application/json" \
        -d '{"taskId":3}' \
        https://**put_your_bitrix24_address**/rest/**put_your_user_id_here**/**put_your_webhook_here**/task.item.startexecution
        
curl -X POST \
        -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
        -H "Accept: application/json" \
        -d '{"taskId":3,"auth":"**put_access_token_here**"}' \
        https://**put_your_bitrix24_address**/rest/task.item.startexecution
        
try
        {
        	const response = await $b24.callMethod(
        		'task.item.startexecution',
        		[3]
        	);
        	
        	const result = response.getData().result;
        	console.info(result);
        	console.log(result);
        }
        catch( error )
        {
        	console.error('Error:', error);
        }
        
try {
            $response = $b24Service
                ->core
                ->call(
                    'task.item.startexecution',
                    [3]
                );
        
            $result = $response
                ->getResponseData()
                ->getResult();
        
            echo 'Success: ' . print_r($result, true);
            // Your required data processing logic
            processData($result);
        
        } catch (Throwable $e) {
            error_log($e->getMessage());
            echo 'Error starting task execution: ' . $e->getMessage();
        }
        
BX24.callMethod(
            'task.item.startexecution',
            [3],
            function(result)
            {
                console.info(result.data());
                console.log(result);
            }
        );
        
require_once('crest.php');
        
        $result = CRest::call(
            'task.item.startexecution',
            ['taskId' => 3]
        );
        
        echo '<PRE>';
        print_r($result);
        echo '</PRE>';