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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.

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Perl
use chilkat();

$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 = chilkat::CkFileAccess->new();
$accessToken = $fac->readEntireTextFile("qa_data/tokens/googleTasks.txt","utf-8");
if ($fac->get_LastMethodSuccess() == 0) {
    print $fac->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$http = chilkat::CkHttp->new();

$http->put_AuthToken($accessToken);

# Create a new task.
$json = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$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::CkDateTime->new();
$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 = chilkat::CkHttpResponse->new();
$success = $http->HttpJson("POST","https://www.googleapis.com/tasks/v1/lists/{$tasklist}/tasks",$json,"application/json",$resp);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# Show the response body.
print $resp->bodyStr() . "\r\n";

# Examine the response status code.
print "response status code: " . $resp->get_StatusCode() . "\r\n";

# 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
#