Method: providers.tasks.batchCreate

Creates and returns a batch of new Task objects.

HTTP request

POST https://fleetengine.googleapis.com/v1/{parent=providers/*}/tasks:batchCreate

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters
parent

string

Required. The parent resource shared by all tasks. This value must be in the format providers/{provider}. The provider must be the Google Cloud Project ID. For example, sample-cloud-project. The parent field in the CreateTaskRequest messages must either be empty, or it must match this field.

Request body

The request body contains data with the following structure:

JSON representation 
{
  "header": {
    object (DeliveryRequestHeader)
  },
  "requests": [
    {
      object (CreateTaskRequest)
    }
  ]
}
Fields
header

object (DeliveryRequestHeader)

Optional. The standard Delivery API request header. Note: If you set this field, then the header field in the CreateTaskRequest messages must either be empty, or it must match this field.
requests[]

object (CreateTaskRequest)

Required. The request message that specifies the resources to create. Note: You can create a maximum of 500 tasks in a batch.

Response body

The BatchCreateTask response message.

If successful, the response body contains data with the following structure:

JSON representation 
{
  "tasks": [
    {
      object (Task)
    }
  ]
}
Fields
tasks[]

object (Task)

The created Tasks.

CreateTaskRequest

The tasks.create request message.

JSON representation 
{
  "header": {
    object (DeliveryRequestHeader)
  },
  "parent": string,
  "taskId": string,
  "task": {
    object (Task)
  }
}
Fields
header

object (DeliveryRequestHeader)

Optional. The standard Delivery API request header.
parent

string

Required. Must be in the format providers/{provider}. The provider must be the Google Cloud Project ID. For example, sample-cloud-project.
taskId

string

Required. The Task ID must be unique, but it should be not a shipment tracking ID. To store a shipment tracking ID, use the trackingId field. Note that multiple tasks can have the same trackingId. Task IDs are subject to the following restrictions:

  • Must be a valid Unicode string.
  • Limited to a maximum length of 64 characters.
  • Normalized according to Unicode Normalization Form C.
  • May not contain any of the following ASCII characters: '/', ':', '?', ',', or '#'.
task

object (Task)

Required. The Task entity to create. When creating a Task, the following fields are required:

  • type
  • state (must be set to OPEN)
  • trackingId (must not be set for UNAVAILABLE or SCHEDULED_STOP tasks, but required for all other task types)
  • plannedLocation (optional for UNAVAILABLE tasks)
  • taskDuration

The following fields can be optionally set:

  • targetTimeWindow
  • taskTrackingViewConfig
  • attributes

Note: The Task's name field is ignored. All other Task fields must not be set; otherwise, an error is returned.