Create New Scheduled Task

• URL:https://<user-url>/createTask(POST only)
  
• Version Introduced:10.8.1

Description

This operation creates a new scheduled task for a specified ArcGIS Notebook or Insights workbook. Once the task has been created, it can be updated using the Edit Task operation. As well, scheduled tasks can be disabled, reenabled, and deleted through other operations in the Sharing API.

Request parameters

Parameter	Details
title (Optional)	Title of the task. Example title=OnceAMinute30Times
type (Required)	The type of task, either executing a notebook or updating an Insights workbook, that will be executed against the specified item. Values: ExecuteNotebook | UpdateInsightsWorkbook
parameters (Optional)	A JSON object of additional parameters that will be added to the task run request. parameters={}
itemId (Required)	Item ID of the item the scheduled task will be run against itemID=029b61ca770e428d9468a2a55f40b9fb
startDate (Optional)	Defines the date, in Epoch miliseconds, of when the scheduled task should begin running. Example startDate=1589428800000
endDate (Optional)	Defines the date, in Epoch miliseconds, fo when the scheduled task should stop running. Example endDate=1589428800000
minute (Required)	A valid CRON expression (, - * /) that specifies the minute value for the task's schedule. Example minute=*/1
hour (Required)	A valid CRON expression (, - * /) that specifies the hour value for the task's schedule. Example hour=*
dayOfMonth (Required)	A valid CRON expression (, - * ? / L W C) that specifies the day of the month for the task's schedule. Example dayOfMonth=*
month (Required)	A valid CRON expression (, - * /) that specifies the month for the task's schedule. Example month=*
dayOfWeek (Required)	A valid CRON expression (, - * ? / L C #) that specifies the day of the week for the task's schedule. Example dayOfWeek=?
maxOccurences (Optional)	The maximum number of occurrences this task should execute. Example maxOccurences=30
f	The response format. The default format is html. Values: html | json | pjson

Example usage

Below is a sample POST request for createTask:

POST /webadaptor/sharing/rest/community/users/NBadmin/tasks/a7ce628005004e758f3387d735b3e1ca/update HTTP/1.1
Host: machine.domain.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: []

title=OnceAMinute30Times&type=ExecuteNotebook&parameters=&itemId=029b61ca770e428d9468a2a55f40b9fb&startDate=1589428800000&endDate=1589428800000&minute=*/1&hour=*&dayOfMonth=*&month=*&dayOfWeek=?&maxOccurences=30&f=pjson

JSON Response example

{
  "success": true,
  "taskId": "ddea837537ef435c9496c5fc22799973"
}