# Flowable Assign User To A Task By REST API

**URL:** <https://forum.flowable.org/t/flowable-assign-user-to-a-task-by-rest-api/6300>\
**Category:** Flowable Engine\
**Created:** [July 2, 2020, 9:54am UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/flowable-assign-user-to-a-task-by-rest-api/6300 "2020-07-02T09:54:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![karthikjagadeeswaran](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.flowable.org/karthikjagadeeswaran/32/1875_2.png) [@karthikjagadeeswaran](https://forum.flowable.org/u/karthikjagadeeswaran)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 9:54am UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/flowable-assign-user-to-a-task-by-rest-api/6300/1 "2020-07-02T09:54:44Z")

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Hi Everyone,  
I need to assign user to task at runtime.Is there any API to do that.

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**Author:** ![javiaguila](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.flowable.org/javiaguila/32/1726_2.png) [@javiaguila](https://forum.flowable.org/u/javiaguila)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/flowable-assign-user-to-a-task-by-rest-api/6300/2 "2020-07-02T15:32:44Z")

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Hi,  
sure, you can use this:

[https://documentation.flowable.com/latest/assets/core-swagger/bpmn.html#/Tasks/executeTaskAction](https://documentation.flowable.com/latest/assets/core-swagger/bpmn.html#/Tasks/executeTaskAction)

with the action ‘claim’

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**Author:** ![karthikjagadeeswaran](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.flowable.org/karthikjagadeeswaran/32/1875_2.png) [@karthikjagadeeswaran](https://forum.flowable.org/u/karthikjagadeeswaran)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/flowable-assign-user-to-a-task-by-rest-api/6300/3 "2020-07-02T16:13:42Z")

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thanks for the solution