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Create New Task and Insert Onto List

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

LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oFac
LOCAL cAccessToken
LOCAL oHttp
LOCAL oJson
LOCAL oDue
LOCAL oResp

nSuccess := 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.

oFac := CreateObject("Chilkat.FileAccess")
cAccessToken := oFac:ReadEntireTextFile("qa_data/tokens/googleTasks.txt", "utf-8")
IF (oFac:LastMethodSuccess == 0)
    ? oFac:LastErrorText
    oFac:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

oHttp := CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")

oHttp:AuthToken := cAccessToken

//  Create a new task.
oJson := CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
oJson:UpdateString("title", "Go to grocery store")
oJson:UpdateString("notes", "Don't forget to buy apples.")

//  The due date of a task is specified as a RFC 3339 timestamp.  It is optional.
oDue := CreateObject("Chilkat.CkDateTime")
oDue:SetFromCurrentSystemTime()
oDue:AddDays(3)
oJson:UpdateString("due", oDue:GetAsTimestamp(0))

//  Insert this task onto the task list w/ id = MDM4MzQ4NTA3NDQwMDUxMzQ2OTQ6NzAwOTA4MDA1NzU2ODYwMzow
oHttp:SetUrlVar("tasklist", "MDM4MzQ4NTA3NDQwMDUxMzQ2OTQ6NzAwOTA4MDA1NzU2ODYwMzow")

oResp := CreateObject("Chilkat.HttpResponse")
nSuccess := oHttp:HttpJson("POST", "https://www.googleapis.com/tasks/v1/lists/{$tasklist}/tasks", oJson, "application/json", oResp)
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oHttp:LastErrorText
    oFac:destroy()
    oHttp:destroy()
    oJson:destroy()
    oDue:destroy()
    oResp:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Show the response body.
? oResp:BodyStr

//  Examine the response status code.
? "response status code: " + Str(oResp:StatusCode)

//  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
//

oFac:destroy()
oHttp:destroy()
oJson:destroy()
oDue:destroy()
oResp:destroy()