ClickUp API

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Overview

The ClickUp API provides access to tasks, spaces, folders, lists, goals, and time-tracking data within your ClickUp workspace. It supports building integrations, automating task management, and syncing project data with other tools. OAuth is required for apps serving multiple users, but personal tokens work well for single-workspace automation.

Beginner Tip

Start with a personal API token from your ClickUp profile settings to avoid the OAuth flow during initial testing. Retrieve your team ID first with GET /team, as most other endpoints require it.

Available Data

The kind of data this API exposes, based on its documentation. We could not call the endpoint to confirm the exact field names.

ClickUp data via REST API

Example Response

Illustrative shape only — we were not able to call this endpoint (it requires credentials or exposes no public sample URL), so the fields below show the kind of data this API returns rather than a recorded response.

JSON Response · Illustrative

{
  "route": "Line 1",
  "origin": "Station A",
  "destination": "Station B",
  "departure": "08:30",
  "arrival": "09:15",
  "status": "On Time",
  "delays_min": 0
}

Field Reference

teams List of workspace (team) objects accessible with your token.

teams[].id Unique identifier for the workspace, required in most endpoint paths.

teams[].name Display name of the workspace.

teams[].members Array of member objects with user details for the workspace.

tasks Array of task objects returned when querying tasks in a list or space.

Implementation Example

Calls a real endpoint of this API. Replace any placeholder credentials with your own key.

Request

const url = "https://clickup.com/api";
// Replace headers or query params with the values required by this API.
const response = await fetch(url, {
  headers: {
  "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
  }
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

What Can You Build?

Note: These code examples are AI-generated and unverified. Always refer to the official API documentation for accurate usage.

Common Errors & Troubleshooting

Generated guidance based on this API's documentation, not observed by us. Treat it as a starting point and check against the provider's own error reference.

401 OAUTH_024: token not found The API token in the Authorization header is invalid or expired.

✓ Re-generate your personal API token in ClickUp under Settings > Apps and update your requests.

400 Invalid workspace The team_id used in the endpoint is wrong.

✓ Call GET /team first to retrieve valid team IDs associated with your account.

429 Too Many Requests Rate limit exceeded (100 requests per minute per token).

✓ Add retry logic with exponential backoff and cache repeated lookups like team or space IDs.

Metadata Score Breakdown

Estimated from metadata — endpoint not independently tested

This score is estimated from observable metadata — HTTPS support, authentication model, declared CORS, and documentation reachability — because the API requires authentication or exposes no publicly testable endpoint. The five-signal breakdown is only shown for live-tested APIs.

Metadata estimate · endpoint not independently tested

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