Quickstart

What this is: the shortest path to a working call. When you need it: first — every other page assumes you have done this once.

1. Get a token

   In Taskadence, open Developers → Tokens and choose Create token. Pick your organization and the scopes tasks:read and tasks:write. The token is shown once — copy it now, and set it in your shell:

   export TASKADENCE_TOKEN="<YOUR_TOKEN>"
   export TASKADENCE_API_URL="https://api.taskadence.com"
   export TASKADENCE_ORG="O0020"

   The Python SDK and tm read the same variables. They are 0.x pre-releases and not on PyPI yet — install from the SDK.

2. Make your first call

   curl

   curl "$TASKADENCE_API_URL/v1/me" \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer $TASKADENCE_TOKEN"

   Python

   from taskadence import Taskadence
   
   tm = Taskadence()  # reads TASKADENCE_TOKEN and TASKADENCE_API_URL
   print(tm.me())

   tm

   tm me

   You get back who the token acts as and the organizations it can reach.

3. List tasks

   curl

   curl "$TASKADENCE_API_URL/v1/tasks?org_id=O0020&limit=5" \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer $TASKADENCE_TOKEN"

   Python

   page = tm.tasks.list(org_id="O0020", limit=5)
   for task in page.data:
       print(task.task_id, task.status, task.title)

   tm

   tm tasks list --org O0020 --limit 5

   Lists return {data, next_cursor}; pagination and filters has the rest.

4. Create one

   curl

   curl -X POST "$TASKADENCE_API_URL/v1/tasks" \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer $TASKADENCE_TOKEN" \
     -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -d '{"org_id": "O0020", "title": "My first API task"}'

   Python

   task = tm.tasks.create({"org_id": "O0020", "title": "My first API task"})
   print(task.task_id)

   tm

   tm tasks create --org O0020 --title "My first API task"

   The Idempotency-Key makes a retry safe — the same key never creates two tasks. Idempotency and ETags explains why. The SDK and tm send one for you.

You’re done.A token, a read, a list and a create — everything else builds on these.

Next: webhooks →The Python SDK

More to read

• Authentication — scopes, project-restricted tokens, service accounts.
• Errors — every problem type and what to do about it.
• API reference — every operation.