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Get task assignment information

Guides Tasks Assigning tasks Get task assignment information
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Get task assignment information

To get information about an assigned task, call the GET /tasks/:task_id/assignments API with the id of the task assignment.

cURL
curl -i -X GET "https://api.box.com/2.0/task_assignments/12345" \
     -H "authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>"
TypeScript Gen
await client.taskAssignments.getTaskAssignmentById(taskAssignment.id!);
Python Gen
client.task_assignments.get_task_assignment_by_id(task_assignment.id)
.NET Gen
await client.TaskAssignments.GetTaskAssignmentByIdAsync(taskAssignmentId: NullableUtils.Unwrap(taskAssignment.Id));
Swift Gen (Beta)
try await client.taskAssignments.getTaskAssignmentById(taskAssignmentId: taskAssignment.id!)
Java
String assignmentID = "4256974";
BoxTaskAssignment.Info assignmentInfo = new BoxTaskAssignment(api, assignmentID).getInfo();
Python
assignment= client.task_assignment('12345').get()
print(f'Assignment ID is {assignment.id} and assignment type is {assignment.type}')
.NET
BoxTaskAssignment assignment = await client.TasksManager.GetTaskAssignmentAsync("12345");
Node
client.tasks.getAssignment('12345')
	.then(assignment => {
		/* assignment -> {
			type: 'task_assignment',
			id: '12345',
			item: 
			{ type: 'file',
				id: '33333',
				sequence_id: '0',
				etag: '0',
				sha1: '7840095ee096ee8297676a138d4e316eabb3ec96',
				name: 'script.js' },
			assigned_to: 
			{ type: 'user',
				id: '22222',
				name: 'Sample Assignee',
				login: 'assignee@exmaple.com' },
			message: null,
			completed_at: null,
			assigned_at: '2013-05-10T11:43:41-07:00',
			reminded_at: null,
			resolution_state: 'incomplete',
			assigned_by: 
			{ type: 'user',
				id: '33333',
				name: 'Example User',
				login: 'user@example.com' } }
		*/
	});