Google Task API Move Task to different list

Question

I'd like to know if the Google Tasks API provides the option to move a task to a different list or if I need to create a copy of the task.

The move method seems to only allow moving within the same list.

score 14 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 22 '15 at 22:51

The tasks API does not support moving tasks from one list to another, just changing a tasks parent task or moving it to the top of the list.

You can however get the task with /lists/tasklist_id/tasks/task_id, check each of its fields and set populate the same fields with a different tasklist_id using /lists/new_tasklist_id/tasks and then delete the old one with /lists/tasklist_id/tasks/task_id

Google also provides the Tasks API explorer which should help you experiment.

Could you please give an example on how to move it to the top of the list? or to a different position in the list? — Alexei Masterov, Aug 25 '21 at 12:14

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 04 '19 at 15:19

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Just to confirm the answer by Thai Wood:

This is definitely the way to do it. I also moved a task using the website and and noticed that the task id changes, therefore the google website also seems to do a delete followed by a insert.

answered Jan 04 '19 at 15:19

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