Transitioning a Task to "In Progress" Status task.item.startexecution

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Scope: task

Who can execute the method: any user

This method transitions a task to "In Progress" status.

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
        
// This snippet is an ES module: top-level await requires type="module" or a bundler.
        // $b24 is an already-initialized SDK instance (see the SDK "Get started" guide).
        import { Text } from '@bitrix24/b24jssdk'
        import type { B24Frame } from '@bitrix24/b24jssdk'
        
        declare const $b24: B24Frame
        
        // TODO: verify API version — no JSON response shape found on the page
        // Shape of the payload returned in result (match the "response handling" section of the page)
        type StartExecutionResult = boolean
        
        try {
          const response = await $b24.actions.v2.call.make<StartExecutionResult>({
            method: 'task.item.startexecution',
            params: {
              taskId: 3,
            },
            requestId: Text.getUuidRfc4122()
          })
        
          // The payload is available only on a successful response
          if (!response.isSuccess) {
            console.error(response.getErrorMessages().join('; '))
          } else {
            const result = response.getData()!.result
            console.info('Task started:', result)
          }
        } catch (error) {
          // Thrown on transport or SDK failures (AjaxError, SdkError, etc.)
          console.error(error)
        }
        
<!-- Load the SDK (UMD build); it is exposed as the global B24Js -->
        <script src="https://unpkg.com/@bitrix24/b24jssdk@1/dist/umd/index.min.js"></script>
        <script>
          async function startTaskExecution() {
            try {
              // Initialize the SDK inside a Bitrix24 frame
              const $b24 = await B24Js.initializeB24Frame()
        
              const response = await $b24.actions.v2.call.make({
                method: 'task.item.startexecution',
                params: {
                  taskId: 3,
                },
                requestId: B24Js.Text.getUuidRfc4122()
              })
        
              // The payload is available only on a successful response
              if (!response.isSuccess) {
                console.error(response.getErrorMessages().join('; '))
                return
              }
        
              const result = response.getData().result
              console.info('Task started:', result)
            } catch (error) {
              // Thrown on transport or SDK failures (AjaxError, SdkError, etc.)
              console.error(error)
            }
          }
        
          document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', startTaskExecution)
        </script>
        
try {
            $response = $b24Service
                ->core
                ->call(
                    'task.item.startexecution',
                    [3]
                );
        
            $result = $response
                ->getResponseData()
                ->getResult();
        
            echo 'Success: ' . print_r($result, true);
            // Your logic for processing data
            processData($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>';