(Go) 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.

    fac := chilkat.NewFileAccess()
    accessToken := fac.ReadEntireTextFile("qa_data/tokens/googleTasks.txt","utf-8")
    if fac.LastMethodSuccess() != true {
        fmt.Println(fac.LastErrorText())
        fac.DisposeFileAccess()
        return
    }

    var success bool
    http := chilkat.NewHttp()

    http.SetAuthToken(*accessToken)

    // Create a new task.
    json := chilkat.NewJsonObject()
    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 := chilkat.NewCkDateTime()
    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")

    resp := http.PostJson("https://www.googleapis.com/tasks/v1/lists/{$tasklist}/tasks",*json.Emit())
    if http.LastMethodSuccess() == false {
        fmt.Println(http.LastErrorText())
        fac.DisposeFileAccess()
        http.DisposeHttp()
        json.DisposeJsonObject()
        due.DisposeCkDateTime()
        return
    }

    // Show the response body.
    fmt.Println(resp.BodyStr())

    // Examine the response status code.
    fmt.Println("response status code: ", resp.StatusCode())

    resp.DisposeHttpResponse()

    // 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
    // 

    fac.DisposeFileAccess()
    http.DisposeHttp()
    json.DisposeJsonObject()
    due.DisposeCkDateTime()