(MFC) Create Google Task List

Demonstrates how to create a new task list.

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See Also: Using MFC CString in Chilkat

#include <CkFileAccess.h>
#include <CkHttp.h>
#include <CkJsonObject.h>
#include <CkHttpResponse.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkString strOut;

    // 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.

    CkFileAccess fac;
    const char *accessToken = fac.readEntireTextFile("qa_data/tokens/googleTasks.txt","utf-8");
    if (fac.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        strOut.append(fac.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    CkHttp http;

    http.put_AuthToken(accessToken);

    // Create a task list named "aaa"
    CkJsonObject json;
    bool success = json.UpdateString("title","aaa");

    CkHttpResponse *resp = http.PostJson("https://www.googleapis.com/tasks/v1/users/@me/lists",json.emit());
    if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        strOut.append(http.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    // Show the response body.
    strOut.append(resp->bodyStr());
    strOut.append("\r\n");

    // Examine the response status code.
    strOut.append("response status code: ");
    strOut.appendInt(resp->get_StatusCode());
    strOut.append("\r\n");

    delete resp;

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

    // {
    //  "kind": "tasks#taskList",
    //  "id": "MDM4MzQ4NTA3NDQwMDUxMzQ2OTQ6NzAwOTA4MDA1NzU2ODYwMzow",
    //  "etag": "\"84_7Cubo3y98GMV9bE3zQclHxhc/tK44F5sk_kx_cfoK27XsUCxCTKE\"",
    //  "title": "aaa",
    //  "updated": "2019-04-04T17:13:17.000Z",
    //  "selfLink": "https://www.googleapis.com/tasks/v1/users/@me/lists/MDM4MzQ4NTA3NDQwMDUxMzQ2OTQ6NzAwOTA4MDA1NzU2ODYwMzow"
    // }
    // 
    // response status code: 200


    SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());

    }