JavaScript

Create New Task and Insert Onto List

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

Note

This example is intended for running within a Chilkat.Js embedded JavaScript engine. All Chilkat JavaScript examples require Chilkat v11.4.0 or greater.

JavaScript

var 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.

var fac = new CkFileAccess();
var accessToken = fac.ReadEntireTextFile("qa_data/tokens/googleTasks.txt","utf-8");
if (fac.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
    console.log(fac.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

var http = new CkHttp();

http.AuthToken = accessToken;

// Create a new task.
var json = new CkJsonObject();
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.
var due = new CkDateTime();
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");

var resp = new CkHttpResponse();
success = http.HttpJson("POST","https://www.googleapis.com/tasks/v1/lists/{$tasklist}/tasks",json,"application/json",resp);
if (success == false) {
    console.log(http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Show the response body.
console.log(resp.BodyStr);

// Examine the response status code.
console.log("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
//