(Excel) Create New Task and Insert Onto List

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

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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.

Dim fac As Chilkat.FileAccess
Set fac = Chilkat.NewFileAccess

accessToken = fac.ReadEntireTextFile("qa_data/tokens/googleTasks.txt","utf-8")
If (fac.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    Debug.Print fac.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim http As Chilkat.Http
Set http = Chilkat.NewHttp

http.AuthToken = accessToken

' Create a new task.
Dim json As Chilkat.JsonObject
Set json = Chilkat.NewJsonObject
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.
Dim due As Chilkat.CkDateTime
Set due = Chilkat.NewCkDateTime
success = due.SetFromCurrentSystemTime()
success = due.AddDays(3)
success = json.UpdateString("due",due.GetAsTimestamp(False))

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


Set resp = http.PostJson("https://www.googleapis.com/tasks/v1/lists/{$tasklist}/tasks",json.Emit())
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    Debug.Print http.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Show the response body.
Debug.Print resp.BodyStr

' Examine the response status code.
Debug.Print "response status code: "; 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
'