React Native

Create New Task and Insert Onto List

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

import { CkDateTime, FileAccess, Http, HttpResponse, JsonObject } from '@chilkat/react-native'

async function chilkatExample() {
  // 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.

  const fac = new FileAccess();
  let accessToken: string;
  try {
    accessToken = fac.readEntireTextFile('qa_data/tokens/googleTasks.txt', 'utf-8');
  } catch {
    console.log(fac.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  const http = new Http();

  http.authToken = accessToken;

  // Create a new task.
  const json = new 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.
  const due = new 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');

  const resp = new HttpResponse();
  try {
    await http.httpJsonAsync('POST', 'https://www.googleapis.com/tasks/v1/lists/{$tasklist}/tasks', json, 'application/json', resp);
  } catch {
    console.log(http.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Show the response body.
  console.log(resp.bodyStr);

  // Examine the response status code.
  console.log(`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
  // 
}