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Create New Task and Insert Onto List

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

llSuccess = .F.

// 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.

loFac = createobject("CkFileAccess")
lcAccessToken = loFac.ReadEntireTextFile("qa_data/tokens/googleTasks.txt","utf-8")
if (loFac.LastMethodSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loFac.LastErrorText
    release loFac
    return
endif

loHttp = createobject("CkHttp")

loHttp.AuthToken = lcAccessToken

// Create a new task.
loJson = createobject("CkJsonObject")
loJson.UpdateString("title","Go to grocery store")
loJson.UpdateString("notes","Don't forget to buy apples.")

// The due date of a task is specified as a RFC 3339 timestamp.  It is optional.
loDue = createobject("CkDateTime")
loDue.SetFromCurrentSystemTime()
loDue.AddDays(3)
loJson.UpdateString("due",loDue.GetAsTimestamp(.F.))

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

loResp = createobject("CkHttpResponse")
llSuccess = loHttp.HttpJson("POST","https://www.googleapis.com/tasks/v1/lists/{$tasklist}/tasks",loJson,"application/json",loResp)
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    release loFac
    release loHttp
    release loJson
    release loDue
    release loResp
    return
endif

// Show the response body.
? loResp.BodyStr

// Examine the response status code.
? "response status code: " + str(loResp.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
// 


release loFac
release loHttp
release loJson
release loDue
release loResp