(Perl) Update a Task's Status to "completed"

Demonstrates how to update a Google task's status to "completed".

Chilkat Perl Downloads Perl Module for Windows, MacOS, Linux, Alpine Linux, Solaris

use chilkat();

# 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() != 1) {
    print $fac->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

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

$http->put_AuthToken($accessToken);

$taskId = "MDM4MzQ4NTA3NDQwMDUxMzQ2OTQ6NzAwOTA4MDA1NzU2ODYwMzoyMDg3OTcyMDA1MTQ5NTA0";

# Create the JSON to update the task status to completed.
$json = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$json->UpdateString("id",$taskId);
$json->UpdateString("status","completed");

# Specify the ID's for both the task list and the task.
$http->SetUrlVar("tasklist","MDM4MzQ4NTA3NDQwMDUxMzQ2OTQ6NzAwOTA4MDA1NzU2ODYwMzow");
$http->SetUrlVar("task",$taskId);

$url = "https://www.googleapis.com/tasks/v1/lists/{$tasklist}/tasks/{$task}";
# resp is a HttpResponse
$resp = $http->PText("PUT",$url,$json->emit(),"utf-8","application/json",0,0);
if ($http->get_LastMethodSuccess() == 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": "MDM4MzQ4NTA3NDQwMDUxMzQ2OTQ6NzAwOTA4MDA1NzU2ODYwMzoyMDg3OTcyMDA1MTQ5NTA0",
#  "etag": "\"84_7Cubo3y98GMV9bE3zQclHxhc/MTQyMDUzMzQ4MA\"",
#  "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": "completed",
#  "completed": "2019-04-04T18:38:56.000Z"
# }
# 
# response status code: 200