POST /moveTask
Move a task within its project
Base URL: https://www.taskade.com/api/v2
Authentication
Send a personal access token or an OAuth 2.0 access token as a bearer token. Create a personal access token at taskade.com/settings/api.
Authorization: Bearer tskdp_your_token_here
Request body
application/json
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
projectId |
string |
Yes | The project the task lives in |
taskId |
string |
Yes | The task ID (from listTasks) |
target |
object |
Yes | — |
target.taskId |
string |
Yes | The task to move relative to |
target.position |
string |
Yes | Allowed values: beforebegin, afterbegin, beforeend, afterend. |
A nested field marked Yes is required whenever its parent object is present.
Example request
curl -X POST "https://www.taskade.com/api/v2/moveTask" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TASKADE_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"projectId":"<projectId>","taskId":"<taskId>","target":{"taskId":"<taskId>","position":"beforebegin"}}'
Responses
200 — Default response
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
ok |
boolean |
Yes | — |
item |
object |
Yes | — |
item.id |
string |
Yes | — |
item.text |
string |
No | — |
item.completed |
boolean |
No | — |
Errors
Errors return an ok: false envelope. Rate limiting returns 429 with x-rate-limit-limit, x-rate-limit-remaining and x-rate-limit-reset headers. x-rate-limit-reset is the number of seconds until the window reopens. Retry-After is not sent, so schedule retries from x-rate-limit-reset; retrying sooner will fail again.
{ "ok": false, "message": "Unauthorized", "code": "UNAUTHORIZED" }
Rate limits for this version: enforced per endpoint; ceilings are not published and can change without notice. A 429 response carries x-rate-limit-limit, x-rate-limit-remaining, and x-rate-limit-reset (seconds until the window reopens). Back off from those headers rather than hardcoding numbers. If you need sustained throughput, prefer batching (operations like /createTask accept arrays) over tightening polling loops. See Rate limits.