shell> curl -X POST --data-binary @- --dump - http://localhost:8529/_api/tasks/ <<EOF
{ 
  <span class="hljs-string">"name"</span> : <span class="hljs-string">"SampleTask"</span>, 
  <span class="hljs-string">"command"</span> : <span class="hljs-string">"(function(params) { require('internal').print(params); })(params)"</span>, 
  <span class="hljs-string">"params"</span> : { 
    <span class="hljs-string">"foo"</span> : <span class="hljs-string">"bar"</span>, 
    <span class="hljs-string">"bar"</span> : <span class="hljs-string">"foo"</span> 
  }, 
  <span class="hljs-string">"period"</span> : <span class="hljs-number">2</span> 
}
EOF

HTTP/<span class="hljs-number">1.1</span> <span class="hljs-number">200</span> OK
content-type: application/json; charset=utf<span class="hljs-number">-8</span>

{ 
  <span class="hljs-string">"id"</span> : <span class="hljs-string">"862984914"</span>, 
  <span class="hljs-string">"name"</span> : <span class="hljs-string">"SampleTask"</span>, 
  <span class="hljs-string">"type"</span> : <span class="hljs-string">"periodic"</span>, 
  <span class="hljs-string">"period"</span> : <span class="hljs-number">2</span>, 
  <span class="hljs-string">"created"</span> : <span class="hljs-number">1452621383.407514</span>, 
  <span class="hljs-string">"command"</span> : <span class="hljs-string">"(function(params) { require('internal').print(params); })(params)"</span>, 
  <span class="hljs-string">"database"</span> : <span class="hljs-string">"_system"</span>, 
  <span class="hljs-string">"error"</span> : <span class="hljs-literal">false</span>, 
  <span class="hljs-string">"code"</span> : <span class="hljs-number">200</span> 
}
shell> curl -X DELETE --dump - http://localhost:8529/_api/tasks/862984914