Special Syntax

Task Description

Task description can be set and received in HTML format with a limited set of tags. See table below for a list of allowed tags.

FORMATTING OPTION	HTML TAGS	NOTES
Line Break	`<br>`
Headers	`<h1>`, `<h2>`, `<h3>`, `<h4>`, `<h5>`, `<h6>`
Bold	`<strong>`, `<b>`
Italics	`<em>`, `<i>`
Underline	`<u>`
Strikethrough	`<s>`
Highlight Text	`<span style="color:{hex}">`	Insert the color code instead of `{hex}`. We only support a limited number of colors. Any other colors added to Wrike will be converted to the closest similar color. List of supported colors: #E1BEE7, #BBDEFB, #C8E6C9, #FFCC80, #F8BBD0, #DBDBDB, #FFFFFF, #8E24AA, #1E88E5, #43A047, #F57C00, #D81B60, #707070, #191919.
Links	`<a href="https://www.wrike.com">`	Add 'rel="nofollow"' for all links that direct you out of the Wrike Workspace. Allowed protocols: http, https, ftp, mailto
Insert Image	`<img>`	Only task attachments can be used as an image source
Ordered List	`<ol>`	List items should be wrapped in an `<li>` tag
Unordered List	`<ul>`	List items should be wrapped in an `<li>` tag
List item	`<li>`	For both ordered and unordered lists
Table	`<table>`	Only regular NxM tables are supported, without merged and split cells
Table row	`<tr>`
Table cell	`<td>`

Task Comments

Comments can be set and received in HTML format with a limited set of tags. See table below for the list of allowed tags. If you query task comments with the parameter plainText = true the comment will be returned without any tags.

FORMATTING OPTION	HTML TAGS	NOTES
Line Break	`<br>`
Links	`<a href="https://www.wrike.com">`	Add 'rel="nofollow"' for all links that direct you out of the Wrike Workspace. Allowed protocols: http, https, ftp, mailto
@mention	`<a class="stream-user-id avatar" rel="userID">@John Doe</a>`	Put user ID inside "rel" parameter. @ corresponds to the @ symbol
@followers	`<a class="stream-user-id avatar quasi-contact" rel="@followers">@followers</a>`
@assignees	`<a class="stream-user-id avatar quasi-contact" rel="@assignees">@assignees</a>`
Quote of a comment	`<blockquote data-entrytype="comment" data-entryid="${Comment ID}" data-user="${User ID}" data-date="${timestamp}">`
Quote of task description	`<blockquote data-entrytype="[task\|folder]" data-entryid="${Task or Folder ID}" data-title="${Task or Folder title}">Quoted description part</blockquote>`

Text Custom Fields

Values of text custom fields can be set and received in HTML format with a limited set of tags. See table below for the list of allowed tags. If you query task's custom fields with the parameter plainTextCustomFields = true the value will be returned without any tags.

FORMATTING OPTION	HTML TAGS	NOTES
Bold	`<strong>`
Italics	`<em>`
Strikethrough	`<s>`
Links	`<a href="https://www.wrike.com">Text</a>`	Add 'rel="nofollow"' for all links that direct you out of the Wrike Workspace.
Code	`<code>`
Code block	`<pre>`
Ordered list	`<ol>`	List items should be wrapped in an `<li>` tag
Unordered list	`<ul>`	List items should be wrapped in an `<li>` tag
List item	`<li>`	For both ordered and unordered lists. Newline characters should be added to each list item (`<li>item\n</li>`)