C#

Create New Task and Insert Onto List

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Creates a new Google task and inserts it onto a task list. C#

bool 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.

Chilkat.FileAccess fac = new Chilkat.FileAccess();
string accessToken = fac.ReadEntireTextFile("qa_data/tokens/googleTasks.txt","utf-8");
if (fac.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(fac.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Chilkat.Http http = new Chilkat.Http();

http.AuthToken = accessToken;

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

//  The due date of a task is specified as a RFC 3339 timestamp.  It is optional.
Chilkat.CkDateTime due = new Chilkat.CkDateTime();
due.SetFromCurrentSystemTime();
due.AddDays(3);
json.UpdateString("due",due.GetAsTimestamp(false));

//  Insert this task onto the task list w/ id = MDM4MzQ4NTA3NDQwMDUxMzQ2OTQ6NzAwOTA4MDA1NzU2ODYwMzow
http.SetUrlVar("tasklist","MDM4MzQ4NTA3NDQwMDUxMzQ2OTQ6NzAwOTA4MDA1NzU2ODYwMzow");

Chilkat.HttpResponse resp = new Chilkat.HttpResponse();
success = http.HttpJson("POST","https://www.googleapis.com/tasks/v1/lists/{$tasklist}/tasks",json,"application/json",resp);
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Show the response body.
Debug.WriteLine(resp.BodyStr);

//  Examine the response status code.
Debug.WriteLine("response status code: " + Convert.ToString(resp.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
//