# How to save a task with out form using api

**URL:** <https://forum.flowable.org/t/how-to-save-a-task-with-out-form-using-api/5588>\
**Category:** Flowable Application\
**Created:** [March 9, 2020, 10:06am UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/how-to-save-a-task-with-out-form-using-api/5588 "2020-03-09T10:06:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![cnaru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cnaru](https://forum.flowable.org/u/cnaru)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 10:06am UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/how-to-save-a-task-with-out-form-using-api/5588/1 "2020-03-09T10:06:48Z")

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I am using Flowable platform with my own UI. How can I save or complete a task without forns

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**Author:** ![wwitt](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.flowable.org/wwitt/32/706_2.png) [@wwitt](https://forum.flowable.org/u/wwitt)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/how-to-save-a-task-with-out-form-using-api/5588/2 "2020-03-09T14:36:13Z")

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Are you using the commercial Flowable Platform product? If so, please contact your sales representative for access to the enterprise forum where you can ask enterprise specific question.

Fortunately, because the commercial products use the open source engines, completing a task without a form is essentially the same using the Java API. Here are [some docs](https://flowable.com/open-source/docs/bpmn/ch02-GettingStarted/#querying-and-completing-tasks). Essentially, it comes down to calling the `complete` on the `TaskService` with the task id and a map with any variables you want to set.

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**Author:** ![Robinyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dec6dc/32.png) [@Robinyo](https://forum.flowable.org/u/Robinyo)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 2:00am UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/how-to-save-a-task-with-out-form-using-api/5588/3 "2020-03-10T02:00:40Z")

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> [@cnaru](#):
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> How can I save or complete a task

See:

- [Flowable’s REST API - Part 1](https://robferguson.org/blog/2018/12/24/flowable-rest-api-part-1/)
- [Issue 1471: POST /runtime/tasks/{taskId}](https://github.com/flowable/flowable-engine/issues/1471)