Visual Basic 6.0

Create Google Task List

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Demonstrates how to create a new task list. Visual Basic 6.0

Dim success As Long
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.

Dim fac As New CkFileAccess
Dim accessToken As String
accessToken = fac.ReadEntireTextFile("qa_data/tokens/googleTasks.txt","utf-8")
If (fac.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    Debug.Print fac.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim http As New ChilkatHttp

http.AuthToken = accessToken

' Create a task list named "aaa"
Dim json As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = json.UpdateString("title","aaa")

Dim resp As New ChilkatHttpResponse
success = http.HttpJson("POST","https://www.googleapis.com/tasks/v1/users/@me/lists",json,"application/json",resp)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print http.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Show the response body.
Debug.Print resp.BodyStr

' Examine the response status code.
Debug.Print "response status code: " & resp.StatusCode

' 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