(PowerBuilder) Create New Task and Insert Onto List

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

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

integer li_rc
oleobject loo_Fac
string ls_AccessToken
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_Http
oleobject loo_Json
oleobject loo_Due
oleobject loo_Resp

// 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.

loo_Fac = create oleobject
// Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.FileAccess" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
li_rc = loo_Fac.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.FileAccess")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Fac
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if
ls_AccessToken = loo_Fac.ReadEntireTextFile("qa_data/tokens/googleTasks.txt","utf-8")
if loo_Fac.LastMethodSuccess <> 1 then
    Write-Debug loo_Fac.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Fac
    return
end if

loo_Http = create oleobject
// Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.Http" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
li_rc = loo_Http.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Http")

loo_Http.AuthToken = ls_AccessToken

// Create a new task.
loo_Json = create oleobject
// Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
li_rc = loo_Json.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")

loo_Json.UpdateString("title","Go to grocery store")
loo_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.
loo_Due = create oleobject
// Use "Chilkat_9_5_0.CkDateTime" for versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0
li_rc = loo_Due.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.CkDateTime")

loo_Due.SetFromCurrentSystemTime()
loo_Due.AddDays(3)
loo_Json.UpdateString("due",loo_Due.GetAsTimestamp(0))

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

loo_Resp = loo_Http.PostJson("https://www.googleapis.com/tasks/v1/lists/{$tasklist}/tasks",loo_Json.Emit())
if loo_Http.LastMethodSuccess = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Http.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Fac
    destroy loo_Http
    destroy loo_Json
    destroy loo_Due
    return
end if

// Show the response body.
Write-Debug loo_Resp.BodyStr

// Examine the response status code.
Write-Debug "response status code: " + string(loo_Resp.StatusCode)

destroy loo_Resp

// 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
// 


destroy loo_Fac
destroy loo_Http
destroy loo_Json
destroy loo_Due