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Update a Task's Status to "completed"

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Demonstrates how to update a Google task's status to "completed".

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const std = @import("std");
const chilkat = @import("chilkat");

pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
    const alloc = init.arena.allocator();

    // 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.

    const fac = try chilkat.FileAccess.init();
    defer fac.deinit();
    const access_token = fac.readEntireTextFile(alloc, "qa_data/tokens/googleTasks.txt", "utf-8") catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try fac.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    const http = try chilkat.Http.init();
    defer http.deinit();

    http.setAuthToken(access_token);

    const task_id = "MDM4MzQ4NTA3NDQwMDUxMzQ2OTQ6NzAwOTA4MDA1NzU2ODYwMzoyMDg3OTcyMDA1MTQ5NTA0";

    // Create the JSON to update the task status to completed.
    const json = try chilkat.JsonObject.init();
    defer json.deinit();
    json.updateString("id", task_id) catch {};
    json.updateString("status", "completed") catch {};

    // Specify the ID's for both the task list and the task.
    http.setUrlVar("tasklist", "MDM4MzQ4NTA3NDQwMDUxMzQ2OTQ6NzAwOTA4MDA1NzU2ODYwMzow") catch {};
    http.setUrlVar("task", task_id) catch {};

    const url = "https://www.googleapis.com/tasks/v1/lists/{$tasklist}/tasks/{$task}";
    const resp = try chilkat.HttpResponse.init();
    defer resp.deinit();
    http.httpJson("PUT", url, json, "application/json", resp) catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try http.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    // Show the response body.
    std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try resp.getBodyStr(alloc)});

    // Examine the response status code.
    std.debug.print("response status code: {d}\n", .{resp.getStatusCode()});

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

    // {
    //  "kind": "tasks#task",
    //  "id": "MDM4MzQ4NTA3NDQwMDUxMzQ2OTQ6NzAwOTA4MDA1NzU2ODYwMzoyMDg3OTcyMDA1MTQ5NTA0",
    //  "etag": "\"84_7Cubo3y98GMV9bE3zQclHxhc/MTQyMDUzMzQ4MA\"",
    //  "title": "Get haircut",
    //  "updated": "2019-04-04T18:07:58.000Z",
    //  "selfLink": "https://www.googleapis.com/tasks/v1/lists/MDM4MzQ4NTA3NDQwMDUxMzQ2OTQ6NzAwOTA4MDA1NzU2ODYwMzow/tasks/MDM4MzQ4NTA3NDQwMDUxMzQ2OTQ6NzAwOTA4MDA1NzU2ODYwMzoyMDg3OTcyMDA1MTQ5NTA0",
    //  "position": "00000000001610612734",
    //  "notes": "Check in online first.",
    //  "status": "completed",
    //  "completed": "2019-04-04T18:38:56.000Z"
    // }
    //
    // response status code: 200
}