Creates a comment for a task by id.

Method

POST /task/{id}/comment/create

Parameters

Path Parameters

Name	Description
id	The id of the task to add the comment to.

Request Body

A JSON object with the following properties:

Name	Description
message	The message of the task comment to create. Has to be of type String.
processInstanceId	Assigns the comment to a process instance id.

Result

A JSON object representing the newly created comment. Its structure corresponds to the Comment interface in the engine. Its properties are as follows:

Name	Value	Description
id	String	The id of the task comment.
userId	String	The id of the user who created the comment.
taskId	String	The id of the task to which the comment belongs.
processInstanceId	String	The id of the process instance the comment is related to.
time	Date	The time when the comment was created.
message	String	The content of the comment.
links	List	Link to the newly created task comment with method, href and rel.
removalTime	String	The time after which the comment should be removed by the History Cleanup job. Default format* yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ.
rootProcessInstanceId	String	The process instance id of the root process instance that initiated the process containing the task.

Response Codes

Code	Media type	Description
200	application/json	Request successful.
400	application/json	The task does not exist or no comment message was submitted. See the Introduction for the error response format.
403	application/json	The history of the engine is disabled. See the Introduction for the error response format.

Example

Request

Post data for a new task comment:

POST /task/aTaskId/comment/create

{
  "message": "a task comment",
  "processInstanceId": "96dc383f-23eb-11e6-8e4a-f6aefe19b687"
}

Response

Status 200.

{
  "links": [
    {
      "method": "GET",
      "href": "http://localhost:38080/rest-test/task/aTaskId/comment/aTaskCommentId",
      "rel": "self"
    }
  ],
  "id": "aTaskCommentId",
  "userId": "userId",
  "taskId": "aTaskId",
  "processInstanceId": "96dc383f-23eb-11e6-8e4a-f6aefe19b687",
  "time": "2013-01-02T21:37:03.887+0200",
  "message": "comment message",
  "removalTime":"2018-02-10T14:33:19.000+0200",
  "rootProcessInstanceId": "aRootProcessInstanceId"
}