C++

Create Google Task List

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Demonstrates how to create a new task list. C++

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

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    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.

    CkFileAccess fac;
    const char *accessToken = fac.readEntireTextFile("qa_data/tokens/googleTasks.txt","utf-8");
    if (fac.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        std::cout << fac.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    CkHttp http;

    http.put_AuthToken(accessToken);

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

    CkHttpResponse resp;
    success = http.HttpJson("POST","https://www.googleapis.com/tasks/v1/users/@me/lists",json,"application/json",resp);
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << http.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    //  Show the response body.
    std::cout << resp.bodyStr() << "\r\n";

    //  Examine the response status code.
    std::cout << "response status code: " << resp.get_StatusCode() << "\r\n";

    //  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
    }