Swift

Create New Task and Insert Onto List

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

func chilkatTest() {
    var success: Bool = 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.

    let fac = CkoFileAccess()!
    var accessToken: String? = fac.readEntireTextFile(path: "qa_data/tokens/googleTasks.txt", charset: "utf-8")
    if fac.lastMethodSuccess == false {
        print("\(fac.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    let http = CkoHttp()!

    http.authToken = accessToken

    // Create a new task.
    let json = CkoJsonObject()!
    json.updateString(jsonPath: "title", value: "Go to grocery store")
    json.updateString(jsonPath: "notes", value: "Don't forget to buy apples.")

    // The due date of a task is specified as a RFC 3339 timestamp.  It is optional.
    let due = CkoDateTime()!
    due.setFromCurrentSystemTime()
    due.addDays(numDays: 3)
    json.updateString(jsonPath: "due", value: due.get(asTimestamp: false))

    // Insert this task onto the task list w/ id = MDM4MzQ4NTA3NDQwMDUxMzQ2OTQ6NzAwOTA4MDA1NzU2ODYwMzow
    http.setUrlVar(name: "tasklist", value: "MDM4MzQ4NTA3NDQwMDUxMzQ2OTQ6NzAwOTA4MDA1NzU2ODYwMzow")

    let resp = CkoHttpResponse()!
    success = http.httpJson(verb: "POST", url: "https://www.googleapis.com/tasks/v1/lists/{$tasklist}/tasks", json: json, contentType: "application/json", response: resp)
    if success == false {
        print("\(http.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    // Show the response body.
    print("\(resp.bodyStr!)")

    // Examine the response status code.
    print("response status code: \(resp.statusCode.intValue)")

    // 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
    // 

}