TickTick

Access the TickTick API with managed OAuth authentication. Manage tasks and projects with full CRUD operations.

Quick Start

# List all projects
python \x3C\x3C'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://api.maton.ai/ticktick/open/v1/project')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Base URL

https://api.maton.ai/ticktick/{native-api-path}

Maton proxies requests to api.ticktick.com and automatically injects your OAuth token.

Authentication

All requests require the Maton API key in the Authorization header:

Authorization: Bearer $MATON_API_KEY

Environment Variable: Set your API key as MATON_API_KEY:

export MATON_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"

Getting Your API Key

1. Sign in or create an account at maton.ai
2. Go to maton.ai/settings
3. Copy your API key

Connection Management

Manage your TickTick OAuth connections at https://api.maton.ai.

List Connections

python \x3C\x3C'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://api.maton.ai/connections?app=ticktick&status=ACTIVE')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Create Connection

python \x3C\x3C'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
data = json.dumps({'app': 'ticktick'}).encode()
req = urllib.request.Request('https://api.maton.ai/connections', data=data, method='POST')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
req.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/json')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Get Connection

python \x3C\x3C'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://api.maton.ai/connections/{connection_id}')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Response:

{
  "connection": {
    "connection_id": "{connection_id}",
    "status": "ACTIVE",
    "creation_time": "2026-02-07T09:55:40.786711Z",
    "last_updated_time": "2026-02-07T09:56:30.403237Z",
    "url": "https://connect.maton.ai/?session_token=...",
    "app": "ticktick",
    "metadata": {}
  }
}

Open the returned url in a browser to complete OAuth authorization.

Delete Connection

python \x3C\x3C'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://api.maton.ai/connections/{connection_id}', method='DELETE')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Specifying Connection

If you have multiple TickTick connections, specify which one to use with the Maton-Connection header:

python \x3C\x3C'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://api.maton.ai/ticktick/open/v1/project')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
req.add_header('Maton-Connection', '{connection_id}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

If you have multiple connections, always include this header to ensure requests go to the intended account.

Security & Permissions

• Access is scoped to tasks, projects, and task lists within the connected TickTick account.
• All write operations require explicit user approval. Before executing any create, update, or delete call, confirm the target resource and intended effect with the user.

API Reference

Project Operations

List Projects

GET /ticktick/open/v1/project

Response:

[
  {
    "id": "6984773291819e6d58b746a8",
    "name": "🏡Memo",
    "sortOrder": 0,
    "viewMode": "list",
    "kind": "TASK"
  },
  {
    "id": "6984773291819e6d58b746a9",
    "name": "🦄Wishlist",
    "sortOrder": -1099511627776,
    "viewMode": "list",
    "kind": "TASK"
  }
]

Get Project with Tasks

GET /ticktick/open/v1/project/{projectId}/data

Response:

{
  "project": {
    "id": "69847732b8e5e969f70e7460",
    "name": "👋Welcome",
    "sortOrder": -3298534883328,
    "viewMode": "list",
    "kind": "TASK"
  },
  "tasks": [
    {
      "id": "69847732b8e5e969f70e7464",
      "projectId": "69847732b8e5e969f70e7460",
      "title": "Sample task",
      "content": "Task description",
      "priority": 0,
      "status": 0,
      "tags": [],
      "isAllDay": false
    }
  ],
  "columns": [
    {
      "id": "69847732b8e5e969f70e7463",
      "projectId": "69847732b8e5e969f70e7460",
      "name": "Getting Start",
      "sortOrder": -2199023255552
    }
  ]
}

Create Project

POST /ticktick/open/v1/project
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "name": "My New Project",
  "viewMode": "list"
}

Response:

{
  "id": "69870cbe8f08b4a6770a38d3",
  "name": "My New Project",
  "sortOrder": 0,
  "viewMode": "list",
  "kind": "TASK"
}

viewMode options:

• list - List view
• kanban - Kanban board view
• timeline - Timeline view

Delete Project

DELETE /ticktick/open/v1/project/{projectId}

Returns empty response on success (status 200).

Task Operations

Get Task

GET /ticktick/open/v1/project/{projectId}/task/{taskId}

Response:

{
  "id": "69847732b8e5e969f70e7464",
  "projectId": "69847732b8e5e969f70e7460",
  "sortOrder": -1099511627776,
  "title": "Task title",
  "content": "Task description/notes",
  "timeZone": "Asia/Shanghai",
  "isAllDay": true,
  "priority": 0,
  "status": 0,
  "tags": [],
  "columnId": "69847732b8e5e969f70e7461",
  "etag": "2sayfdsh",
  "kind": "TEXT"
}

Create Task

POST /ticktick/open/v1/task
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "title": "New task",
  "projectId": "6984773291819e6d58b746a8",
  "content": "Task description",
  "priority": 0,
  "dueDate": "2026-02-15T10:00:00+0000",
  "isAllDay": false
}

Response:

{
  "id": "69870cb08f08b86b38951175",
  "projectId": "6984773291819e6d58b746a8",
  "sortOrder": -1099511627776,
  "title": "New task",
  "timeZone": "America/Los_Angeles",
  "isAllDay": false,
  "priority": 0,
  "status": 0,
  "tags": [],
  "etag": "gl7ibhor",
  "kind": "TEXT"
}

Priority values:

• 0 - None
• 1 - Low
• 3 - Medium
• 5 - High

Update Task

POST /ticktick/open/v1/task/{taskId}
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "id": "69870cb08f08b86b38951175",
  "projectId": "6984773291819e6d58b746a8",
  "title": "Updated task title",
  "priority": 1
}

Response:

{
  "id": "69870cb08f08b86b38951175",
  "projectId": "6984773291819e6d58b746a8",
  "title": "Updated task title",
  "priority": 1,
  "status": 0,
  "etag": "hmb7uk8c",
  "kind": "TEXT"
}

Complete Task

POST /ticktick/open/v1/project/{projectId}/task/{taskId}/complete

Returns empty response on success (status 200).

Delete Task

DELETE /ticktick/open/v1/project/{projectId}/task/{taskId}

Returns empty response on success (status 200).

Task Fields

Code Examples

JavaScript

// List all projects
const response = await fetch(
  'https://api.maton.ai/ticktick/open/v1/project',
  {
    headers: {
      'Authorization': `Bearer ${process.env.MATON_API_KEY}`
    }
  }
);
const projects = await response.json();

// Create a task
const createResponse = await fetch(
  'https://api.maton.ai/ticktick/open/v1/task',
  {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
      'Authorization': `Bearer ${process.env.MATON_API_KEY}`,
      'Content-Type': 'application/json'
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
      title: 'New task',
      projectId: 'PROJECT_ID'
    })
  }
);

Python

import os
import requests

# List all projects
response = requests.get(
    'https://api.maton.ai/ticktick/open/v1/project',
    headers={'Authorization': f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}'}
)
projects = response.json()

# Create a task
response = requests.post(
    'https://api.maton.ai/ticktick/open/v1/task',
    headers={
        'Authorization': f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}',
        'Content-Type': 'application/json'
    },
    json={
        'title': 'New task',
        'projectId': 'PROJECT_ID'
    }
)

Notes

• The Open API provides access to tasks and projects only
• Habits, focus/pomodoro, and tags are not available through the Open API
• Task status values: 0 = Active, 2 = Completed
• Priority values: 0 = None, 1 = Low, 3 = Medium, 5 = High
• Dates use ISO 8601 format with timezone offset (e.g., 2026-02-15T10:00:00+0000)
• viewMode for projects: list, kanban, or timeline
• The columns field in project data is used for Kanban board columns
• IMPORTANT: When piping curl output to jq or other commands, environment variables like $MATON_API_KEY may not expand correctly in some shell environments

Error Handling

Troubleshooting: API Key Issues

1. Check that the MATON_API_KEY environment variable is set:

echo $MATON_API_KEY

2. Verify the API key is valid by listing connections:

python \x3C\x3C'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://api.maton.ai/connections')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Troubleshooting: Invalid App Name

1. Ensure your URL path starts with ticktick. For example:

• Correct: https://api.maton.ai/ticktick/open/v1/project
• Incorrect: https://api.maton.ai/open/v1/project

Resources

• TickTick Developer Portal
• TickTick Help Center
• Maton Community
• Maton Support