Assigning task to user from embedded forms

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Hi!

First of all, I don’t know if this is possible to do, but I’d like to be able to change the task assignee from the embedded forms. This is what I’ve tried:

  • Add an HTML select and an ‘Assign’ button
  • Fill the select with the values returned by the REST API call /user/get
  • When the user clicks on the ‘Assign’ button, I do a call to POST /task/:id/assignee, which returns a successful response

I have the following problems:

  • Once I change the assignee, would it be possible to reload the task list to show the changes?
  • Although the assign call finishes correctly, the task is assigned to nobody instead of the selected user…

If this is not possible, is there any alternative way? I only need to be able to assign a task to an specific user, but I couldn’t find anything in the docs…

Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!

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Hi,

Other than reloading the page or creating another “hack”, it is not possible to influence Tasklist from within embedded forms.

It should be a POST request, not a get request. Could you provide details of the request as it is performed in the browser (Developer Console > Network)?

KR
Martin

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Hi,

I realized that clicking on the assignee name lets me type the user ID to change it, so it’s what I needed.

Cheers,

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Hi!

Sorry, I meant POST instead of GET (I use GET to retrieve a list of the users from the DB and I mistyped it in the question, but internally I’m using POST).

Anyway, I found a way to change the assignee without messing with code, but thanks for your suggestions and time!

Cheers,

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