Rust

Create New Task and Insert Onto List

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

// 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.

let fac = chilkat::FileAccess::new();
let Ok(access_token) = fac.read_entire_text_file("qa_data/tokens/googleTasks.txt", "utf-8") else {
    println!("{}", fac.last_error_text());
    return;
};

let http = chilkat::Http::new();

http.set_auth_token(&access_token);

// Create a new task.
let json = chilkat::JsonObject::new();
let _ = json.update_string("title", "Go to grocery store");
let _ = json.update_string("notes", "Don't forget to buy apples.");

// The due date of a task is specified as a RFC 3339 timestamp.  It is optional.
let due = chilkat::DateTime::new();
let _ = due.set_from_current_system_time();
let _ = due.add_days(3);
let _ = json.update_string("due", &due.get_as_timestamp(false).unwrap_or_default());

// Insert this task onto the task list w/ id = MDM4MzQ4NTA3NDQwMDUxMzQ2OTQ6NzAwOTA4MDA1NzU2ODYwMzow
let _ = http.set_url_var("tasklist", "MDM4MzQ4NTA3NDQwMDUxMzQ2OTQ6NzAwOTA4MDA1NzU2ODYwMzow");

let resp = chilkat::HttpResponse::new();
if http.http_json("POST", "https://www.googleapis.com/tasks/v1/lists/{$tasklist}/tasks", &json, "application/json", &resp).is_err() {
    println!("{}", http.last_error_text());
    return;
}

// Show the response body.
println!("{}", resp.body_str());

// Examine the response status code.
println!("response status code: {}", resp.status_code());

// 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
//