---
title: "Service: /tasks/filter [GET] (obsolete)"
source: https://dev.pageseeder.com/reference/version_5/services/list-filter-tasks-public-GET.html
description: "Load public comments by filter"
last_updated: 2026-09-08T11:51:21+10:00
tokens: ~1012
---

# /tasks/filter \[GET\]

| Property | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Path: | /tasks/filter |
| Method: | GET |
| Generator: | obsolete |
| Version: |  |
| Since: |  |
| Deprecated: | 5.7900 |
| Obsolete: | 6.0000 |
| Cache control: |  |
| API Support: | OBSOLETE |
| Generated: | 2022-07-01 |

## Description

Load a list of tasks using filter parameters. The last comment in the task must match all filter parameters.​​​​​​

> **Deprecated:** This service is deprecated, use service /tasks/find \[GET\] instead.

## Parameters

| Name | Description | Required | Type | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| assignedafter | the date time after which the tasks were assigned last format is ISO-8601 e.g. 2010-10-25T12:26:00+10:00 | no | datetime |  |
| assignedbefore | the date time before which the tasks were assigned last format is ISO-8601 e.g. 2011-08-25T10:20:00-04:00 | no | datetime |  |
| assignedto | the member id of the member the tasks are assigned to | no | string |  |
| attachments | the attachments to include, can be `none`, `context`, or `all` | no | enum | `all` |
| author | the member id of the tasks author | no | string |  |
| comments | the replies to include, can be `none`, `first`, `last`, `all`, or `archive` | no | enum | `last` |
| contents | the contents to include, can be `none`, or `all` | no | enum | `all` |
| createdafter | the date time after which the tasks were created format is ISO-8601 e.g. 2010-10-25T12:26:00+10:00 | no | datetime |  |
| createdbefore | the date time before which the tasks were created format is ISO-8601 e.g. 2011-08-25T10:20:00-04:00 | no | datetime |  |
| dueafter | the date time after which the tasks are due format is ISO-8601 e.g. 2010-10-25T12:26:00+10:00 | no | datetime |  |
| duebefore | the date time before which the tasks are due format is ISO-8601 e.g. 2011-08-25T10:20:00-04:00 | no | datetime |  |
| emails | the email addresses to include, can be `none` or `all` (admin only) | no | enum | `none` |
| groups | the groups the tasks must belong to (comma-separated list of names, if not specified, the user's current groups are used) | no | string |  |
| labels | comma-separated list of labels - task must have all (not recommended for filtering large data sets) | no | string |  |
| page | the page to load | no | integer | `1` |
| pagesize | the number of results per page | no | integer | `1000` |
| paths | the context URI paths for the tasks - must be URL encoded (comma-separated list with optional \* suffix) | no | string |  |
| priorities | comma-separated list of priorities | no | string |  |
| statuses | comma-separated list of statuses | no | string |  |
| tasksize | the maximum number of comments to return per task | no | integer | `100` |
| title | the title of the tasks (optional wildcard \* suffix, use \*\* to escape) | no | string |  |
| type | the type of the tasks (optional wildcard \* suffix, use \*\* to escape) | no | string |  |

## Permission

## Response

The output has the following format:

```xml

<tasks>
  <task id="123"
        title="My thread"
        lastcommentid="234"
        lastcommentdate="2012-08-20T14:27:48+10:00"
        status="Open"
        priority="High"
        due="2012-08-25T18:00:00+10:00">
    <uri id="789">...</uri>
    <locator fragment="2"/>
    <assignedto id="34"
                date="2012-08-20T14:27:48+10:00" ...>
      ...
    </assignedto>
    <comment id="234"
             contentrole="File Attachment"
             created="2012-03-08T12:34:00+10:00">
      <title>My thread</title>
      <content type="text/plain">
        Some text
      </content>
      <attachment>
        <uri id="189">...</uri>
      </attachment>
      <attachment fragment="5">
        <uri id="289">...</uri>
      </attachment>
    </comment>
  </task>
  <task id="100"> ...</task>
</tasks>
```

## Error Handling

| Code | Cause / Description |
| --- | --- |
| 0x1306 | The Group is invalid or not accessible |
| 0x1312 | The createdafter or createdbefore date is invalid |
| 0x1313 | The author is invalid |