Update task

Updates a task. The server returns the received request as JSON.

POST/anything/{taskId}

This page is generated from openapi.yaml with api: openapi.yaml POST /anything/{taskId}. httpbin.org returns every request as JSON. Try it accepts any token value.

Authorizations

Authorizationstringheaderrequired

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>.

Path parameters

taskIdstringrequired

Task identifier.

Example: task_123

Query parameters

notifyboolean

Sends a notification to the task owner.

Default: false

Body

application/json

titlestringrequired

Task title.

Example: Write release notes

statusenum<string>

Task status.

Available options: open in_progress done

Default: open

labelsstring[]

Task labels.

assigneeobject

Assigned user.

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idinteger

Example: 42

emailstring<email>

Response

application/json

200

Received request.

methodenum<string>

Request method.

Available options: GET POST

urlstring<uri>

Example: https://httpbin.org/anything/task_123?notify=false

argsobject

Query parameters.

headersobject

Request headers.

jsonobject

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titlestringrequired

Task title.

Example: Write release notes

statusenum<string>

Task status.

Available options: open in_progress done

Default: open

labelsstring[]

Task labels.

assigneeobject

Assigned user.

Show child attributesHide child attributes

idinteger

Example: 42

emailstring<email>

401

Missing or invalid token.

Request

bash

curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://httpbin.org/anything/{taskId}' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "title": "Write release notes",
  "status": "open",
  "labels": [
    "docs"
  ],
  "assignee": {
    "id": 42,
    "email": "user@example.com"
  }
}'

python

import requests

url = "https://httpbin.org/anything/{taskId}"

payload = {
    "title": "Write release notes",
    "status": "open",
    "labels": [
        "docs"
    ],
    "assignee": {
        "id": 42,
        "email": "user@example.com"
    }
}
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.request("POST", url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

javascript

const options = {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>", "Content-Type": "application/json"},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "title": "Write release notes",
    "status": "open",
    "labels": [
      "docs"
    ],
    "assignee": {
      "id": 42,
      "email": "user@example.com"
    }
  })
};

fetch("https://httpbin.org/anything/{taskId}", options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

php

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://httpbin.org/anything/{taskId}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
        'title' => 'Write release notes',
        'status' => 'open',
        'labels' => [
            'docs'
        ],
        'assignee' => [
            'id' => 42,
            'email' => 'user@example.com'
        ]
    ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ["Authorization: Bearer <token>", "Content-Type: application/json"],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"strings"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://httpbin.org/anything/{taskId}"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"title\": \"Write release notes\",\n  \"status\": \"open\",\n  \"labels\": [\n    \"docs\"\n  ],\n  \"assignee\": {\n    \"id\": 42,\n    \"email\": \"user@example.com\"\n  }\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

java

HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
    .uri(URI.create("https://httpbin.org/anything/{taskId}"))
    .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
    .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
    .method("POST", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString("{\n  \"title\": \"Write release notes\",\n  \"status\": \"open\",\n  \"labels\": [\n    \"docs\"\n  ],\n  \"assignee\": {\n    \"id\": 42,\n    \"email\": \"user@example.com\"\n  }\n}"))
    .build();
HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient().send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
System.out.println(response.body());

Response

200

json

{
  "method": "GET",
  "url": "https://httpbin.org/anything/task_123?notify=false",
  "args": {},
  "headers": {},
  "json": {
    "title": "Write release notes",
    "status": "open",
    "labels": [
      "docs"
    ],
    "assignee": {
      "id": 42,
      "email": "user@example.com"
    }
  }
}

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Last updated: 2026-10-29