Reopen task

Endpoint

This endpoint reopens a completed task, setting its status back usually to active or incomplete. The exact endpoint depends on the task type:

• Process Task: DELETE /organizations/{org_id}/runs/{run_id}/completed-tasks/{task_id}
• One-off Task: DELETE /organizations/{org_id}/completed-tasks/{task_id}

Replace {org_id}, {run_id} (if applicable), and {task_id} with the appropriate IDs.

Note

Notice the DELETE method is used on the completed-tasks endpoint, effectively deleting the “completion” record.

Request

Headers

• Authorization: Bearer {your_access_token}
• Accept: application/json
• X-Tallyfy-Client: APIClient

Body

No request body is needed for this DELETE request.

Code Samples

(Examples use the endpoint for process tasks. Adapt the URL for one-off tasks.)

JavaScript (fetch)

const accessToken = 'YOUR_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN';
const orgId = 'YOUR_ORGANIZATION_ID';
const runId = 'PROCESS_RUN_ID'; // Set to null or use different endpoint for one-off
const taskId = 'TASK_ID_TO_REOPEN';

const apiUrl = runId
    ? `https://api.tallyfy.com/organizations/${orgId}/runs/${runId}/completed-tasks/${taskId}`
    : `https://api.tallyfy.com/organizations/${orgId}/completed-tasks/${taskId}`;

const headers = new Headers();
headers.append('Authorization', `Bearer ${accessToken}`);
headers.append('Accept', 'application/json');
headers.append('X-Tallyfy-Client', 'APIClient');

fetch(apiUrl, {
    method: 'DELETE', // Use DELETE method
    headers: headers
})
.then(response => {
    if (!response.ok) { // Check for 200 OK
        // Error handling...
        return response.json().then(errData => { throw new Error(/*...*/); }).catch(() => { throw new Error(/*...*/); });
    }
    console.log(`Successfully reopened task ${taskId}. Status: ${response.status}`);
    // Reopen might return the updated task state
    return response.json();
})
.then(data => {
    if(data) {
      console.log('Reopened task details:');
      console.log(JSON.stringify(data, null, 2));
    }
})
.catch(error => {
    console.error(`Error reopening task ${taskId}:`, error);
});

Python (requests)

import requests
import json
import os

access_token = os.environ.get('TALLYFY_ACCESS_TOKEN', 'YOUR_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN')
org_id = os.environ.get('TALLYFY_ORG_ID', 'YOUR_ORGANIZATION_ID')
run_id = 'PROCESS_RUN_ID' # Set to None for one-off task
task_id = 'TASK_ID_TO_REOPEN'

if run_id:
    api_url = f'https://api.tallyfy.com/organizations/{org_id}/runs/{run_id}/completed-tasks/{task_id}'
else:
    api_url = f'https://api.tallyfy.com/organizations/{org_id}/completed-tasks/{task_id}'

headers = {
    'Authorization': f'Bearer {access_token}',
    'Accept': 'application/json',
    'X-Tallyfy-Client': 'APIClient'
}

try:
    response = requests.delete(api_url, headers=headers)
    response.raise_for_status()

    print(f'Successfully reopened task {task_id}. Status: {response.status_code}')
    try:
        reopened_task = response.json()
        print('Reopened task details:')
        print(json.dumps(reopened_task, indent=4))
    except json.JSONDecodeError:
        print("(No JSON body returned on reopen)")

except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
    # Error handling...
    print(f"Request failed: {e}")

Java (HttpClient)

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
import java.io.IOException;

public class ReopenTask {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String accessToken = System.getenv().getOrDefault("TALLYFY_ACCESS_TOKEN", "YOUR_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN");
        String orgId = System.getenv().getOrDefault("TALLYFY_ORG_ID", "YOUR_ORGANIZATION_ID");
        String runId = System.getenv().get("TALLYFY_RUN_ID"); // Might be null
        String taskId = "TASK_ID_TO_REOPEN";

        String apiUrl;
         if (runId != null && !runId.isEmpty()) {
            apiUrl = String.format("https://api.tallyfy.com/organizations/%s/runs/%s/completed-tasks/%s", orgId, runId, taskId);
        } else {
             apiUrl = String.format("https://api.tallyfy.com/organizations/%s/completed-tasks/%s", orgId, taskId);
        }

        HttpClient client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
                .uri(URI.create(apiUrl))
                .header("Authorization", "Bearer " + accessToken)
                .header("Accept", "application/json")
                .header("X-Tallyfy-Client", "APIClient")
                .DELETE()
                .build();

        try {
            HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());

            if (response.statusCode() == 200) {
                System.out.println("Successfully reopened task " + taskId + ". Status: " + response.statusCode());
                 if (response.body() != null && !response.body().isEmpty()) {
                     System.out.println("Response Body:");
                     System.out.println(response.body());
                     // TODO: Parse JSON
                 }
            } else {
                // Error handling...
                System.err.println("Failed. Status: " + response.statusCode());
            }
        } catch (IOException | InterruptedException e) {
            // Error handling...
            System.err.println("Request failed: " + e.getMessage());
        }
    }
}

Go (net/http)

package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "io/ioutil"
  "net/http"
  "os"
)

func main() {
  accessToken := os.Getenv("TALLYFY_ACCESS_TOKEN")
  orgId := os.Getenv("TALLYFY_ORG_ID")
    runId := os.Getenv("TALLYFY_RUN_ID") // Might be ""
    taskId := "TASK_ID_TO_REOPEN"

    var apiUrl string
    if runId != "" {
        apiUrl = fmt.Sprintf("https://api.tallyfy.com/organizations/%s/runs/%s/completed-tasks/%s", orgId, runId, taskId)
    } else {
        apiUrl = fmt.Sprintf("https://api.tallyfy.com/organizations/%s/completed-tasks/%s", orgId, taskId)
    }

  client := &http.Client{}
  req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodDelete, apiUrl, nil)
    // Error handling...

  req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+accessToken)
  req.Header.Set("Accept", "application/json")
  req.Header.Set("X-Tallyfy-Client", "APIClient")

  resp, err := client.Do(req)
    // Error handling...
  defer resp.Body.Close()

  body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    // Error handling...

  if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
        // Error handling...
    fmt.Printf("Failed. Status: %d\nBody: %s\n", resp.StatusCode, string(body))
    return
  }

  fmt.Printf("Successfully reopened task %s. Status: %d\n", taskId, resp.StatusCode)
    if len(body) > 0 {
        fmt.Println("Response Body:")
        fmt.Println(string(body))
        // TODO: Unmarshal JSON
    }
}

Response

A successful request returns a 200 OK status code. The response body typically contains the details of the task, now back in an active (or incomplete) state.

{
  "data": {
    "id": "TASK_ID_TO_REOPEN",
    "title": "Review Proposal",
    "status": "active", // Status is no longer 'completed'
    "completed_at": null, // Completion timestamp is removed
    "completer_id": null,
    // ... other task properties ...
  }
}

If the task was not previously completed or the ID is invalid, an error status will be returned.

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