node-deadline/lib/tasks/Task.md

Module to interface with Deadline Compute Management System by Thinkbox Software

#Deadline.tasks.Task

Represents a singular task from the Deadline database. Also available as `Deadline.Task`.

###Properties

| Property      | type   | Maps to       | Description
|---------------|--------|---------------|-------------
| id            | String | _id           | The unique id of the task
| jobID         | String | JobID         | The id of the job this task belongs to
| taskID        | Number | TaskID        | the id of this task relative to the job
| frames        | FrameRange|Frames      | the frames that are being rendered by this task
| slave         | ???    | Slave         | the slave this job belongs to (at time of access)
| state         | Number | Stat          | the sate of the task (at time of access)
| renderStatus  | String | RndStat       | the current status of the renderer
| errors        | Number | Errs          | the number of errors this task has hit
| startTime     | Date   | Start         | time this task was picked up by a slave for rendering
| renderStart   | Date   | StartRen      | time this task started rendering
| completeTime  | Date   | Comp          | time this task completed
|               | Bool   | WtgStrt       | ???

**NOTE:** properties with no name have yet to be assigned, but are available in the *task._data* object.
There are also other properties on that object which are not listed here.
Be aware that changing these options directly requires that you add the property name to the *task._updated*
array in order to have the information change when the task is saved.

###Deadline.slaves.Slave.set( properties )

Sets the given properties on this task. The **properties** object is a set of key-value pairs to update with.

```javasccript
task.set( {
  frames: "My new frame range"
} );
```