---
title: Authenticated Tasks
description: "Tasks are the main way that developers will interact with your Integration. They are the actions that developers will be able to perform in their jobs."
---

## `src/tasks.ts`

This file contains all of the authenticated tasks that the Integration will support.

## Authenticated tasks

Authenticated tasks are the backbone of an Integration and so we're going to cover them in more detail before moving on the main Integration class.

Authenticated tasks are a specially crafted object that allows the `@trigger.dev/sdk` to run the task seeded with an authenticated SDK client.

For example, here is the `getForm` authenticated task defined in the `@trigger.dev/typeform` Integration package:

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```ts tasks.ts
import type { AuthenticatedTask } from "@trigger.dev/sdk";
import type { GetFormParams, GetFormResponse, TypeformSDK } from "./types";

export const getForm: AuthenticatedTask<TypeformSDK, GetFormParams, GetFormResponse> = {
  init: (params) => {
    return {
      name: "Get Form",
      params,
      icon: "typeform",
      properties: [
        {
          label: "Form ID",
          text: params.uid,
        },
      ],
    };
  },
  run: async (params, client) => {
    return client.forms.get(params);
  },
};
```

```ts types.ts
import { Prettify } from "@trigger.dev/integration-kit";
import { createClient } from "@typeform/api-client";

export type TypeformSDK = ReturnType<typeof createClient>;

export type GetFormParams = {
  uid: string;
};

export type GetFormResponse = Prettify<Typeform.Form>;
```

```ts usage.ts
client.defineJob({
  id: "typeform-playground",
  name: "Typeform Playground",
  version: "0.1.1",
  integrations: {
    typeform,
  },
  run: async (payload, io, ctx) => {
    const form = await io.typeform.getForm("get-form", {
      uid: payload.formId,
    });
  },
});
```

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The first thing to notice is the explicit typing of the `getForm` export as an `AuthenticatedTask<TypeformSDK, GetFormParams, GetFormResponse>`.

- The first type parameter is the type of the SDK client that will be used to run the task. In this case, it's the `TypeformSDK` type that is exported from the `src/types.ts` file.
- The second type parameter is the type of the input params that will be passed to the task. The `params` argument in the `run` and `init` functions will be typed as this type parameter.
- The third type parameter is the type of the output response that will be returned from the task. The return type of the `run` function needs to match this type.

If you take a look at the `usage.ts` file above, you can see how this task is used in a job. The `io.typeform.getForm` function is typed as returning `Promise<GetFormResponse>` and the `params` argument is typed as `GetFormParams`.

<Note>
  Notice how the params are the _second_ argument to `getForm`, that's because the first argument is
  always the task key. See our [Keys and Resumability docs](/documentation/concepts/resumability)
  for more on why this is important
</Note>

#### `run` function

The `run` function is the main function that will be called when the task is run. It's an async function that takes up to 5 arguments:

<ParamField body="params" type="type parameter" required>
  The input params that were passed to the task. This is the second argument to the `getForm`
  function in the example above.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="client" type="type parameter" required>
  The authenticated SDK client that was seeded into the task.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="task" type="Task">
  The underlying [task](/documentation/concepts/tasks) object
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="io" type="IO">
  The [IO](/sdk/io/overview) object that can be used to run subtasks using
  [`io.runTask`](/sdk/io/runtask)
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="auth" type="ConnectionAuth">
  If for some reason you need to access the auth object that was used to seed the SDK client, you
  can access it here. The `AuthenticatedTask` generic type takes an optional 4th type parameter that
  allows you to specify the auth type
</ParamField>

#### `init` function

The `init` function is used to initialize the task. It's a synchronous function that takes a single argument:

<ParamField body="params" type="type parameter" required>
  The input params that were passed to the task. This is the second argument to the `getForm`
  function in the example above.
</ParamField>

#### `onError` function

Authenticated tasks take an optional `onError` function that can be used to handle errors that occur during executing of the `run` function of the task. It takes two arguments:

<ParamField body="error" type="unknown" required>
  The error that was thrown during the execution of the `run` function.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="task" type="Task" required>
  The underlying [task](/documentation/concepts/tasks) object
</ParamField>

The `onError` function allows you to reformated errors that occur during the execution of the `run` function. For example, all the tasks in `@trigger.dev/openai` specify the following `onError` function:

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```ts tasks.ts
import { OpenAIErrorSchema } from "./types";

function onTaskError(error: unknown) {
  const openAIError = OpenAIErrorSchema.safeParse(error);

  if (!openAIError.success) {
    return;
  }

  const { message, code, type } = openAIError.data.response.data.error;

  return new Error(`${type}: ${message}${code ? ` (${code})` : ""}`);
}
```

```ts types.ts
const OpenAIErrorSchema = z.object({
  response: z.object({
    data: z.object({
      error: z.object({
        code: z.string().nullable().optional(),
        message: z.string(),
        type: z.string(),
      }),
    }),
  }),
});
```

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You can also use the `onError` function to specify a specific time the task should be retried. The `@trigger.dev/github` Integration uses this to retry rate-limited requests:

```ts
function isRequestError(error: unknown): error is RequestError {
  return typeof error === "object" && error !== null && "status" in error;
}

function onError(error: unknown) {
  if (!isRequestError(error)) {
    return;
  }

  // Check if this is a rate limit error
  if (error.status === 403 && error.response) {
    const rateLimitRemaining = error.response.headers["x-ratelimit-remaining"];
    const rateLimitReset = error.response.headers["x-ratelimit-reset"];

    if (rateLimitRemaining === "0" && rateLimitReset) {
      const resetDate = new Date(Number(rateLimitReset) * 1000);

      return {
        retryAt: resetDate,
        error,
      };
    }
  }
}
```

### Triggers

<Note>The guide on creating Integration triggers is coming soon</Note>

## Testing an Integration package

<Note>This section is coming soon</Note>

## Publishing an Integration package

<Note>This section is coming soon</Note>

## Example authenticated tasks

### OpenAI examples

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```ts retrieveModel
export const retrieveModel: AuthenticatedTask<
  OpenAIClientType,
  Prettify<RetrieveModelRequest>,
  RetrieveModelResponseData
> = {
  onError: onTaskError,
  run: async (params, client) => {
    return client.retrieveModel(params.model).then((res) => res.data);
  },
  init: (params) => {
    return {
      name: "Retrieve model",
      params,
      icon: "openai",
      properties: [
        {
          label: "Model id",
          text: params.model,
        },
      ],
    };
  },
};
```

```ts createCompletion
export const createCompletion: AuthenticatedTask<
  OpenAIClientType,
  Prettify<CreateCompletionRequest>,
  Prettify<Awaited<ReturnType<OpenAIClientType["createCompletion"]>>["data"]>
> = {
  run: async (params, client, task) => {
    const response = await client.createCompletion(params);

    task.outputProperties = createTaskUsageProperties(response.data.usage);

    return response.data;
  },
  init: (params) => {
    return {
      name: "Completion",
      params,
      icon: "openai",
      properties: [
        {
          label: "model",
          text: params.model,
        },
      ],
    };
  },
};
```

```ts backgroundCompletion
export const backgroundCreateCompletion: AuthenticatedTask<
  OpenAIClientType,
  Prettify<CreateCompletionRequest>,
  Prettify<CreateCompletionResponseData>,
  OpenAIIntegrationAuth
> = {
  run: async (params, client, task, io, auth) => {
    const response = await io.backgroundFetch<CreateCompletionResponseData>(
      "background",
      "https://api.openai.com/v1/completions",
      {
        method: "POST",
        headers: {
          "Content-Type": "application/json",
          Authorization: redactString`Bearer ${auth.apiKey}`,
          ...(auth.organization ? { "OpenAI-Organization": auth.organization } : {}),
        },
        body: JSON.stringify(params),
      }
    );

    task.outputProperties = createTaskUsageProperties(response.usage);

    return response;
  },
  init: (params) => {
    return {
      name: "Background Completion",
      params,
      icon: "openai",
      properties: [
        {
          label: "model",
          text: params.model,
        },
      ],
    };
  },
};
```

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### GitHub examples

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```ts createIssue
const createIssue: GithubAuthenticatedTask<
  { title: string; owner: string; repo: string },
  OctokitClient["rest"]["issues"]["create"]
> = {
  onError,
  run: async (params, client, task, io) => {
    return client.rest.issues
      .create({
        owner: params.owner,
        repo: params.repo,
        title: params.title,
      })
      .then((res) => res.data);
  },
  init: (params) => {
    return {
      name: "Create Issue",
      params,
      properties: [
        ...repoProperties(params),
        {
          label: "Title",
          text: params.title,
        },
      ],
      retry: {
        limit: 3,
        factor: 2,
        minTimeoutInMs: 500,
        maxTimeoutInMs: 30000,
        randomize: true,
      },
    };
  },
};
```

```ts createIssueCommentWithReaction
const createIssueCommentWithReaction: GithubAuthenticatedTask<
  {
    body: string;
    owner: string;
    repo: string;
    issueNumber: number;
    reaction: ReactionContent;
  },
  OctokitClient["rest"]["issues"]["createComment"]
> = {
  onError,
  run: async (params, client, task, io, auth) => {
    const comment = await io.runTask(
      `Comment on Issue #${params.issueNumber}`,
      createIssueComment.init(params),
      async (t) => {
        return createIssueComment.run(params, client, t, io, auth);
      }
    );

    await io.runTask(
      `React with ${params.reaction}`,
      addIssueCommentReaction.init({
        owner: params.owner,
        repo: params.repo,
        commentId: comment.id,
        content: params.reaction,
      }),
      async (t) => {
        return addIssueCommentReaction.run(
          {
            owner: params.owner,
            repo: params.repo,
            commentId: comment.id,
            content: params.reaction,
          },
          client,
          t,
          io,
          auth
        );
      }
    );

    return comment;
  },
  init: (params) => {
    return {
      name: "Create Issue Comment",
      params,
      properties: [
        {
          label: "Repo",
          text: params.repo,
        },
        {
          label: "Issue",
          text: `#${params.issueNumber}`,
        },
      ],
    };
  },
};
```

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