(PowerShell) Create New Task and Insert Onto List

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

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

# 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 = New-Object Chilkat.FileAccess
$accessToken = $fac.ReadEntireTextFile("qa_data/tokens/googleTasks.txt","utf-8")
if ($fac.LastMethodSuccess -ne $true) {
    $($fac.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$http = New-Object Chilkat.Http

$http.AuthToken = $accessToken

# Create a new task.
$json = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$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 = New-Object Chilkat.CkDateTime
$due.SetFromCurrentSystemTime()
$due.AddDays(3)
$json.UpdateString("due",$due.GetAsTimestamp($false))

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

$resp = $http.PostJson("https://www.googleapis.com/tasks/v1/lists/{$tasklist}/tasks",$json.Emit())
if ($http.LastMethodSuccess -eq $false) {
    $($http.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Show the response body.
$($resp.BodyStr)

# Examine the response status code.
$("response status code: " + $resp.StatusCode)

# 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
#