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Create Google Task List

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Demonstrates how to create a new task list.

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C
#include <C_CkFileAccess.h>
#include <C_CkHttp.h>
#include <C_CkJsonObject.h>
#include <C_CkHttpResponse.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkFileAccess fac;
    const char *accessToken;
    HCkHttp http;
    HCkJsonObject json;
    HCkHttpResponse resp;

    success = FALSE;

    //  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 = CkFileAccess_Create();
    accessToken = CkFileAccess_readEntireTextFile(fac,"qa_data/tokens/googleTasks.txt","utf-8");
    if (CkFileAccess_getLastMethodSuccess(fac) == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkFileAccess_lastErrorText(fac));
        CkFileAccess_Dispose(fac);
        return;
    }

    http = CkHttp_Create();

    CkHttp_putAuthToken(http,accessToken);

    //  Create a task list named "aaa"
    json = CkJsonObject_Create();
    success = CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,"title","aaa");

    resp = CkHttpResponse_Create();
    success = CkHttp_HttpJson(http,"POST","https://www.googleapis.com/tasks/v1/users/@me/lists",json,"application/json",resp);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkHttp_lastErrorText(http));
        CkFileAccess_Dispose(fac);
        CkHttp_Dispose(http);
        CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
        CkHttpResponse_Dispose(resp);
        return;
    }

    //  Show the response body.
    printf("%s\n",CkHttpResponse_bodyStr(resp));

    //  Examine the response status code.
    printf("response status code: %d\n",CkHttpResponse_getStatusCode(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


    CkFileAccess_Dispose(fac);
    CkHttp_Dispose(http);
    CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
    CkHttpResponse_Dispose(resp);

    }