Delphi ActiveX

Create New Task and Insert Onto List

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

uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Chilkat_TLB;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Integer;
fac: TCkFileAccess;
accessToken: WideString;
http: TChilkatHttp;
json: TChilkatJsonObject;
due: TCkDateTime;
resp: TChilkatHttpResponse;

begin
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.

fac := TCkFileAccess.Create(Self);
accessToken := fac.ReadEntireTextFile('qa_data/tokens/googleTasks.txt','utf-8');
if (fac.LastMethodSuccess = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(fac.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

http := TChilkatHttp.Create(Self);

http.AuthToken := accessToken;

// Create a new task.
json := TChilkatJsonObject.Create(Self);
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.
due := TCkDateTime.Create(Self);
due.SetFromCurrentSystemTime();
due.AddDays(3);
json.UpdateString('due',due.GetAsTimestamp(0));

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

resp := TChilkatHttpResponse.Create(Self);
success := http.HttpJson('POST','https://www.googleapis.com/tasks/v1/lists/{$tasklist}/tasks',json.ControlInterface,'application/json',resp.ControlInterface);
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(http.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// Show the response body.
Memo1.Lines.Add(resp.BodyStr);

// Examine the response status code.
Memo1.Lines.Add('response status code: ' + IntToStr(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
// 
end;