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Update a Task's Status to "completed"

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

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

$success = $false

# 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 -eq $false) {
    $($fac.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$http = New-Object Chilkat.Http

$http.AuthToken = $accessToken

$taskId = "MDM4MzQ4NTA3NDQwMDUxMzQ2OTQ6NzAwOTA4MDA1NzU2ODYwMzoyMDg3OTcyMDA1MTQ5NTA0"

# Create the JSON to update the task status to completed.
$json = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$json.UpdateString("id",$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 = New-Object Chilkat.HttpResponse
$success = $http.HttpJson("PUT",$url,$json,"application/json",$resp)
if ($success -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": "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