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Get all Tasks on a List

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Demonstrates how to get all the tasks in a Google 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);

# Get the tasks from the task list w/ id = MDM4MzQ4NTA3NDQwMDUxMzQ2OTQ6NzAwOTA4MDA1NzU2ODYwMzow
$http->SetUrlVar("tasklist","MDM4MzQ4NTA3NDQwMDUxMzQ2OTQ6NzAwOTA4MDA1NzU2ODYwMzow");

$resp = chilkat::CkHttpResponse->new();
$success = $http->HttpNoBody("GET","https://www.googleapis.com/tasks/v1/lists/{$tasklist}/tasks",$resp);
if ($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";

# Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: 
# Generate Parsing Code from JSON

$json = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$json->Load($resp->bodyStr());

$kind = $json->stringOf("kind");
$etag = $json->stringOf("etag");
$i = 0;
$count_i = $json->SizeOfArray("items");
while ($i < $count_i) {
    $json->put_I($i);
    $kind = $json->stringOf("items[i].kind");
    $id = $json->stringOf("items[i].id");
    $etag = $json->stringOf("items[i].etag");
    $title = $json->stringOf("items[i].title");
    $updated = $json->stringOf("items[i].updated");
    $selfLink = $json->stringOf("items[i].selfLink");
    $position = $json->stringOf("items[i].position");
    $notes = $json->stringOf("items[i].notes");
    $status = $json->stringOf("items[i].status");
    $due = $json->stringOf("items[i].due");
    $i = $i + 1;
}

# Sample response:

# {
#  "kind": "tasks#tasks",
#  "etag": "\"84_7Cubo3y98GMV9bE3zQclHxhc/LTM3Njg4MjgyNA\"",
#  "items": [
#   {
#    "kind": "tasks#task",
#    "id": "MDM4MzQ4NTA3NDQwMDUxMzQ2OTQ6NzAwOTA4MDA1NzU2ODYwMzoyMDg3OTcyMDA1MTQ5NTA0",
#    "etag": "\"84_7Cubo3y98GMV9bE3zQclHxhc/NjcyMTU4Mg\"",
#    "title": "Get haircut",
#    "updated": "2019-04-04T18:07:58.000Z",
#    "selfLink": "https://www.googleapis.com/tasks/v1/lists/MDM4MzQ4NTA3NDQwMDUxMzQ2OTQ6NzAwOTA4MDA1NzU2ODYwMzow/tasks/MDM4MzQ4NTA3NDQwMDUxMzQ2OTQ6NzAwOTA4MDA1NzU2ODYwMzoyMDg3OTcyMDA1MTQ5NTA0",
#    "position": "00000000001610612734",
#    "notes": "Check in online first.",
#    "status": "needsAction",
#    "due": "2019-04-07T00:00:00.000Z"
#   },
#   {
#    "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