HaciendaOps

Deleting tasks

The HaciendaOps API allows users to easily delete existing tasks. For example, this capability can delete tasks after completion or remove tasks that are no longer relevant.

Prerequisites

• An existing database with tasks
• Access to a command line or Postman
  • This tutorial uses Postman, but can use the command line to make the necessary REST API calls. If using the command line, cURL is necessary to complete any API requests.

Deleting an existing task

1. Start a local HaciendaOps instance.

   • To start the instance, run the following command:

     cd /HaciendaOps/api
     json-server -w hfg-db.json
     

2. Open the Postman app on your computer.
3. Locate the task you want to delete. For a full list of the tasks currently recorded, create a new request with the following values:
   • METHOD: GET
   • URL: /task
   • Header: Content-Type: application/json

   • Request Body:

     
     {   
       "id": 1,
       "title": "Morning irrigation",
       "description": "Water the plants in Garden A",
       "task_type": "Watering",
       "due_date": "2024-06-05",
       "completed": false,
       "kaizen_notes": "Consider shifting to sunrise-only watering to reduce evaporation."
     },
     {
       "id": 2,
       "title": "Apply compost",
       "description": "Use organic compost in Zone B",
       "task_type": "Fertilizing",
       "due_date": "2024-06-06",
       "completed": false
     }
     
     

4. After locating the task to delete, create a new request with the following values:
   • METHOD: DELETE
   • URL: /task/{taskId}
   • Header: Content-Type: application/json
   • Request Body: {}
5. To confirm the task isn’t on the to-do list, create a request with the following values:
   • METHOD: GET
   • URL: /task/{taskId}
   • Header: Content-Type: application/json
   • Request Body: {}
6. Postman returns the following response if the deletion was successful: {} along with a “404 Not Found” error.

Result

You can now locate and delete existing tasks in HaciendaOps.

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