---
title: "Create Selection Task"
method: POST
path: "/api/selection-tasks"
tags: ["selection-tasks"]
---

# Create Selection Task

`POST /api/selection-tasks`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://app.ctlsurf.com` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://app.ctlsurf.com/api/selection-tasks`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Create a new selection task from a notebook selection.

## Request body

- SelectionTaskCreate: Create a new selection task.
  - `page_id` string, uuid, required
  - `block_id` string, uuid, nullable
  - `selection_type` string, required
  - `selection_data` object, required
  - `selection_display` string, required
  - `prompt` string, required

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- SelectionTaskResponse: Selection task response.
  - `id` string, required
  - `page_id` string, nullable
  - `block_id` string, nullable
  - `selection_type` string, required
  - `selection_data` object, required
  - `selection_display` string, required
  - `prompt` string, required
  - `status` string, required
  - `notes` string[], required
  - `created_at` string, date-time, nullable
  - `started_at` string, date-time, nullable
  - `completed_at` string, date-time, nullable
  - `completed_summary` string, nullable
  - `result_page_id` string, nullable
  - `root_path` string, nullable
  - `source` SelectionSource: Source location of a selection task.
    - `page_id` string, nullable
    - `page_title` string, nullable
    - `block_id` string, nullable
    - `block_title` string, nullable

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

---

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