(PHP ActiveX) Create New Task and Insert Onto List

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

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows Note: The php_com_dotnet.dll may need to be enabled inside of php.ini.

<?php

$success = 0;

// 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.

$fac = new COM("Chilkat.FileAccess");
$accessToken = $fac->readEntireTextFile('qa_data/tokens/googleTasks.txt','utf-8');
if ($fac->LastMethodSuccess == 0) {
    print $fac->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$http = new COM("Chilkat.Http");

$http->AuthToken = $accessToken;

// Create a new task.
$json = new COM("Chilkat.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.
$due = new COM("Chilkat.CkDateTime");
$due->SetFromCurrentSystemTime();
$due->AddDays(3);
$json->UpdateString('due',$due->getAsTimestamp(0));

// Insert this task onto the task list w/ id = MDM4MzQ4NTA3NDQwMDUxMzQ2OTQ6NzAwOTA4MDA1NzU2ODYwMzow
$http->SetUrlVar('tasklist','MDM4MzQ4NTA3NDQwMDUxMzQ2OTQ6NzAwOTA4MDA1NzU2ODYwMzow');

$resp = new COM("Chilkat.HttpResponse");
$success = $http->HttpJson('POST','https://www.googleapis.com/tasks/v1/lists/{$tasklist}/tasks',$json,'application/json',$resp);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $http->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Show the response body.
print $resp->BodyStr . "\n";

// Examine the response status code.
print 'response status code: ' . $resp->StatusCode . "\n";

// 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
// 

?>