# Tasks

1 of 1 supported
Source: https://plasapi.com/features/patron/tasks/

Give patrons one list of what needs doing now: loans to return or renew, reservations to pick up and fees to pay.

## 2.10.1 View tasks — Supported

Show the patron what they need to act on, across loans, reservations and fees.

### What you can build

A short list at the top of the patron's account with only what needs doing: a loan to return or renew, a reservation waiting on the pick-up shelf, a fee to pay. Each task leads to the loan, reservation or fee it is about, so the patron can act straight away.

### Typical flow

1. The client fetches the patron's loans with `GetPatronLoans`, reservations with `GetPatronReservations` and fees with `GetPatronFees`.
2. It keeps the loans whose `dueDate` is near or passed, the reservations that are `ready_for_pickup`, and the patron's fees.
3. The tasks are sorted, for example by the date they concern.
4. The patron opens a task and acts on it: renews the loan (2.4.3), reads the pick-up details (2.5.2) or pays the fee (2.7.2).

### What the API provides

- PLAS has no operation for tasks. The list is put together by the client from the three calls.
- `renew.state` on a loan tells whether it can be renewed: `renewable`, `not_renewable`, `renewable_later` or `unknown`.
- A ready reservation has `pickup.expirationDate` when the provider knows the last day to pick it up.

### Calls in the API

Requires: 2.2.1

Calls behind the view

- [GET /patron/{patronId}/loan](https://plasapi.com/provider/v0.6.7/patron-loan/#GetPatronLoans) — Get patron loans
- [GET /patron/{patronId}/reservation](https://plasapi.com/provider/v0.6.7/patron-reservation/#GetPatronReservations) — Get patron reservations
- [GET /patron/{patronId}/fee](https://plasapi.com/provider/v0.6.7/patron-fee/#GetPatronFees) — Get patron fees