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Wrike Tasks API

Task creation, retrieval, updates, and deletion

Wrike Tasks API is one of 17 APIs that Wrike publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Tasks. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, authentication docs, a getting-started guide, and a changelog.

This API exposes 6 operations across 3 paths, and defines 6 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 4.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://www.wrike.com/api/v4.

6 operations 3 paths 6 schemas 1 DELETE3 GET1 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
4.0
Base URL
https://www.wrike.com/api/v4
Authentication
OAuth 2.0, HTTP Bearer
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Wrike Tasks API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 6 scopes. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearerToken). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • oauth2 — OAuth 2.0 authorization code flow
  • bearerToken — Permanent access token (legacy authentication)

Paths & Operations 6

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 6 operations — 1 DELETE, 3 GET, 1 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Tasks 6

Task creation, retrieval, updates, and deletion

GET
/tasks
List Tasks
listTasks 21 params → 200401
GET
/tasks/{taskId}
Get Task
getTask 2 params → 200401404
PUT
/tasks/{taskId}
Update Task
updateTask 1 param body → 200401
DELETE
/tasks/{taskId}
Delete Task
deleteTask 1 param → 200401
GET
/folders/{folderId}/tasks
List Folder Tasks
listFolderTasks 5 params → 200401
POST
/folders/{folderId}/tasks
Create Task
createTask 1 param body → 200400401

Schemas 6

The contract defines 6 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Task (27 properties), TaskListResponse (4 properties), Dates (4 properties), Error (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Dates
object
4 properties
TaskListResponse
object
4 properties
CustomFieldValue
object
2 properties
Metadata
object
2 properties
Task
object
27 properties
Error
object
2 properties 2 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

wrike-tasks-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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