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Create Task

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Demonstrates how to create a new plannerTask.

See https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/planner-post-tasks?view=graph-rest-1.0 for more information.

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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.

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

#  The Microsoft Planner REST API requires an OAuth2 token with the Group.ReadWrite.All scope.
#  Use your previously obtained access token as shown here:
#     Get Microsoft Graph OAuth2 Access Token with Group.ReadWrite.All scope.

$jsonToken = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$success = $jsonToken->LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/msGraphGroup.json");
if ($success == 0) {
    print $jsonToken->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$http->put_AuthToken($jsonToken->stringOf("access_token"));

#  Create a JSON body for the HTTP POST
#  Use this online tool to generate the code from sample JSON: 
#  Generate Code to Create JSON

#  {
#    "planId": "xqQg5FS2LkCp935s-FIFm2QAFkHM",
#    "bucketId": "hsOf2dhOJkqyYYZEtdzDe2QAIUCR",
#    "title": "Update client list",
#    "assignments": {
#      "fbab97d0-4932-4511-b675-204639209557": {
#        "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.plannerAssignment",
#        "orderHint": " !"
#      }
#    },
#  }

$json = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$json->UpdateString("planId","xqQg5FS2LkCp935s-FIFm2QAFkHM");
$json->UpdateString("bucketId","hsOf2dhOJkqyYYZEtdzDe2QAIUCR");
$json->UpdateString("title","Update client list");
$json->UpdateString('assignments.fbab97d0-4932-4511-b675-204639209557.\'@odata.type\'',"#microsoft.graph.plannerAssignment");
$json->UpdateString("assignments.fbab97d0-4932-4511-b675-204639209557.orderHint"," !");

#  POST the JSON to https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/planner/tasks

$resp = chilkat::CkHttpResponse->new();
$success = $http->HttpJson("POST","https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/planner/tasks",$json,"application/json",$resp);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$json->Load($resp->bodyStr());
$json->put_EmitCompact(0);

if ($resp->get_StatusCode() != 200) {
    print $json->emit() . "\r\n";
    print "Failed, response status code = " . $resp->get_StatusCode() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print $json->emit() . "\r\n";

#  A sample response:
#  (See code for parsing this response below..)

#  {
#    "createdBy": {
#      "user": {
#        "id": "6463a5ce-2119-4198-9f2a-628761df4a62"
#      }
#    },
#    "planId": "xqQg5FS2LkCp935s-FIFm2QAFkHM",
#    "bucketId": "hsOf2dhOJkqyYYZEtdzDe2QAIUCR",
#    "title": "Update client list",
#    "orderHint": "85752723360752+",
#    "createdDateTime": "2015-03-25T18:36:49.2407981Z",
#    "assignments": {
#      "fbab97d0-4932-4511-b675-204639209557": {
#        "@odata.type": "#microsoft.graph.plannerAssignment",
#        "assignedBy": {
#          "user": {
#            "id": "6463a5ce-2119-4198-9f2a-628761df4a62"
#          }
#        },
#        "assignedDateTime": "2015-03-25T18:36:49.2407981Z",
#        "orderHint": "RWk1"
#      }
#    },
#    "id":"01gzSlKkIUSUl6DF_EilrmQAKDhh"
#  }

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

$createdByUserId = $json->stringOf("createdBy.user.id");
$planId = $json->stringOf("planId");
$bucketId = $json->stringOf("bucketId");
$title = $json->stringOf("title");
$orderHint = $json->stringOf("orderHint");
$createdDateTime = $json->stringOf("createdDateTime");
$assignments_odataType = $json->stringOf('assignments.fbab97d0-4932-4511-b675-204639209557.\'@odata.type\'');
$assignmentsAssignedByUserId = $json->stringOf("assignments.fbab97d0-4932-4511-b675-204639209557.assignedBy.user.id");
$assignmentsAssignedDateTime = $json->stringOf("assignments.fbab97d0-4932-4511-b675-204639209557.assignedDateTime");
$assignmentsOrderHint = $json->stringOf("assignments.fbab97d0-4932-4511-b675-204639209557.orderHint");
$id = $json->stringOf("id");

print "Success." . "\r\n";