(Classic ASP) Create New Task and Insert Onto List

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

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ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

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' 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.

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.FileAccess")
set fac = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.FileAccess")
accessToken = fac.ReadEntireTextFile("qa_data/tokens/googleTasks.txt","utf-8")
If (fac.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( fac.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Http")
set http = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")

http.AuthToken = accessToken

' Create a new task.
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
set json = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = json.UpdateString("title","Go to grocery store")
success = 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.
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.CkDateTime")
set due = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.CkDateTime")
success = due.SetFromCurrentSystemTime()
success = due.AddDays(3)
success = json.UpdateString("due",due.GetAsTimestamp(0))

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

' resp is a Chilkat.HttpResponse
Set resp = http.PostJson("https://www.googleapis.com/tasks/v1/lists/{$tasklist}/tasks",json.Emit())
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( http.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

' Show the response body.
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( resp.BodyStr) & "</pre>"

' Examine the response status code.
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "response status code: " & resp.StatusCode) & "</pre>"

' 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
' 

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