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# Claim a human task

POST https://api.cloudraker.com/spaces/{spaceId}/playbook-runs/{runId}/tasks/{taskId}/claim

Marks a `ready` human task `in_progress` with the caller as claimant. Claiming is optional — anyone in the space may complete an unassigned task without claiming it. Authorization: `space:contribute` (org admins bypass); missing → 403. Errors: 409 `task_claimed` (someone else holds it), 409 `task_resolved` (already completed/skipped), 409 `run_not_running`, 422 `not_human_task`, 404 unknown task.

Reference: https://docs.cloudraker.com/workspace/api/playbooks/claim-playbook-run-task

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required)

## Request

### Path parameters

- `spaceId` (string, required)
- `runId` (string, required)
- `taskId` (string, required)

## Response

### 200

The updated task.

- `data` (object, required)
  - `id` (string, required)
  - `title` (string, required)
  - `status` (enum, required)
    - Allowed values: `pending`, `ready`, `in_progress`, `completed`, `skipped`
  - `summary` (string, required, nullable)
  - `completedAt` (datetime, required, nullable)
  - `instructions` (string, optional, nullable)
  - `dependsOn` (list of string, optional)
  - `executor` (enum, optional)
    - Allowed values: `agent`, `human`
  - `assignee` (string, optional, nullable)
  - `claimedBy` (string, optional, nullable)
  - `completedBy` (string, optional, nullable)
  - `note` (string, optional, nullable)
  - `fileIds` (list of string, optional)

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "data": {
    "id": "string",
    "title": "string",
    "status": "pending",
    "summary": "string",
    "completedAt": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
    "instructions": "string",
    "dependsOn": [
      "string"
    ],
    "executor": "agent",
    "assignee": "string",
    "claimedBy": "string",
    "completedBy": "string",
    "note": "string",
    "fileIds": [
      "string"
    ]
  }
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.cloudraker.com/spaces/spaceId/playbook-runs/runId/tasks/taskId/claim"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.cloudraker.com/spaces/spaceId/playbook-runs/runId/tasks/taskId/claim';
const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://api.cloudraker.com/spaces/spaceId/playbook-runs/runId/tasks/taskId/claim"

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

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

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

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

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.cloudraker.com/spaces/spaceId/playbook-runs/runId/tasks/taskId/claim")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.cloudraker.com/spaces/spaceId/playbook-runs/runId/tasks/taskId/claim")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://api.cloudraker.com/spaces/spaceId/playbook-runs/runId/tasks/taskId/claim', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.cloudraker.com/spaces/spaceId/playbook-runs/runId/tasks/taskId/claim");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["Authorization": "Bearer <token>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.cloudraker.com/spaces/spaceId/playbook-runs/runId/tasks/taskId/claim")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```