Java

Create New Task and Insert Onto List

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Creates a new Google task and inserts it onto a task list. Chilkat2 Java

import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.DateTime;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.FileAccess;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Http;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.HttpResponse;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.JsonObject;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
        // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

        // Get the previously obtained access token.
        // See Get Google Tasks Access Token.

        FileAccess fac = new FileAccess();
        String accessToken;
        try {
            accessToken = fac.readEntireTextFile("qa_data/tokens/googleTasks.txt", "utf-8");
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        Http http = new Http();

        http.setAuthToken(accessToken);

        // Create a new task.
        JsonObject json = new JsonObject();
        json.updateString("title", "Go to grocery store");
        json.updateString("notes", "Don't forget to buy apples.");

        // The due date of a task is specified as a RFC 3339 timestamp.  It is optional.
        DateTime due = new DateTime();
        due.setFromCurrentSystemTime();
        due.addDays(3);
        json.updateString("due", due.getAsTimestamp(false));

        // Insert this task onto the task list w/ id = MDM4MzQ4NTA3NDQwMDUxMzQ2OTQ6NzAwOTA4MDA1NzU2ODYwMzow
        http.setUrlVar("tasklist", "MDM4MzQ4NTA3NDQwMDUxMzQ2OTQ6NzAwOTA4MDA1NzU2ODYwMzow");

        HttpResponse resp = new HttpResponse();
        try {
            http.httpJson("POST", "https://www.googleapis.com/tasks/v1/lists/{$tasklist}/tasks", json, "application/json", resp);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // Show the response body.
        System.out.println(resp.getBodyStr());

        // Examine the response status code.
        System.out.println("response status code: " + resp.getStatusCode());

        // Sample response:
        // Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
        // Generate Parsing Code from JSON

        // {
        //  "kind": "tasks#task",
        //  "id": "MDM4MzQ4NTA3NDQwMDUxMzQ2OTQ6NzAwOTA4MDA1NzU2ODYwMzoxMTg0MzQxMTkzMjM2MDY1",
        //  "etag": "\"84_7Cubo3y98GMV9bE3zQclHxhc/MTU1MjQzNDIwMQ\"",
        //  "title": "Go to grocery store",
        //  "updated": "2019-04-04T17:59:15.000Z",
        //  "selfLink": "https://www.googleapis.com/tasks/v1/lists/MDM4MzQ4NTA3NDQwMDUxMzQ2OTQ6NzAwOTA4MDA1NzU2ODYwMzow/tasks/MDM4MzQ4NTA3NDQwMDUxMzQ2OTQ6NzAwOTA4MDA1NzU2ODYwMzoxMTg0MzQxMTkzMjM2MDY1",
        //  "position": "00000000002147483647",
        //  "notes": "Don't forget to buy apples.",
        //  "status": "needsAction",
        //  "due": "2019-04-07T00:00:00.000Z"
        // }
        //
        // response status code: 200
        //
    }
}