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Microsoft To Do#

Microsoft To Do is a cloud-based task management application. It allows users to manage their tasks from a smartphone, tablet, and computer.

Credentials

You can find authentication information for this node here.

Basic Operations#

  • Linked Resource
    • Create
    • Delete
    • Get
    • Get All
    • Update
  • List
    • Create
    • Delete
    • Get
    • Get All
    • Update
  • Task
    • Create
    • Delete
    • Get
    • Get All
    • Update

Example Usage#

This workflow allows you to create, update and get a task in Microsoft To Do. You can also find the workflow on n8n.io. This example usage workflow would use the following nodes. - Start - Microsoft To Do

The final workflow should look like the following image.

A workflow with the Microsoft To Do node

1. Start node#

The start node exists by default when you create a new workflow.

2. Microsoft To Do node (create: task)#

This node will create a task with the importance level High in the Tasks list. You can select a different list and the importance level.

  1. First of all, you'll have to enter credentials for the Microsoft To Do node. You can find out how to do that here.
  2. Select 'Create' from the Operation dropdown list.
  3. Select a list from the List ID dropdown list.
  4. Enter a subject in the Subject field.
  5. Click on Add Field and select 'Importance' from the dropdown list.
  6. Select 'High' from the Importance dropdown list.
  7. Click on Execute Node to run the node.

In the screenshot below, you will notice that the node creates a new task in Microsoft To Do.

Create a task with the Microsoft To Do node

3. Microsoft To Do1 node (update: task)#

This node will update the status of the task that we created in the previous node.

  1. Select the credentials that you entered in the previous node.
  2. Select 'Update' from the Operation dropdown list.
  3. Click on the gears icon next to the List ID field and click on Add Expression.
  4. Select the following in the Variable Selector section: Nodes > Microsoft To Do > Parameters > taskListId. You can also add the following expression: {{$node["Microsoft To Do"].parameter["taskListId"]}}.
  5. Click on the gears icon next to the Task ID field and click on Add Expression.
  6. Select the following in the Variable Selector section: Current Node > Input > JSON > id. You can also add the following expression: {{$json["id"]}}.
  7. Click on the Add Field button and select 'Status' from the dropdown list.
  8. Select 'In progress' from the Status dropdown list.
  9. Click on Execute Node to run the node.

In the screenshot below, you will notice that the node updates the status of the task that we created in the previous node.

Update the status of a task using the Microsoft To Do node

4. Microsoft To Do2 node (get: task)#

This node will get the task that we created earlier.

  1. Select the credentials that you entered in the previous node.
  2. Click on the gears icon next to the List ID field and click on Add Expression.
  3. Select the following in the Variable Selector section: Nodes > Microsoft To Do > Parameters > taskListId. You can also add the following expression: {{$node["Microsoft To Do"].parameter["taskListId"]}}.
  4. Click on the gears icon next to the Task ID field and click on Add Expression.
  5. Select the following in the Variable Selector section: Current Node > Input > JSON > id. You can also add the following expression: {{$json["id"]}}.
  6. Click on Execute Node to run the node.

In the screenshot below, you will notice that the node fetches the information of the task that we created earlier.

Retrieve the information of tasks using the Microsoft To Do node