VBScript

Create Google Task List

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Demonstrates how to create a new task list. VBScript

Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

success = 0

' 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.

set fac = CreateObject("Chilkat.FileAccess")
accessToken = fac.ReadEntireTextFile("qa_data/tokens/googleTasks.txt","utf-8")
If (fac.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(fac.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

set http = CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")

http.AuthToken = accessToken

' Create a task list named "aaa"
set json = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = json.UpdateString("title","aaa")

set resp = CreateObject("Chilkat.HttpResponse")
success = http.HttpJson("POST","https://www.googleapis.com/tasks/v1/users/@me/lists",json,"application/json",resp)
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Show the response body.
outFile.WriteLine(resp.BodyStr)

' Examine the response status code.
outFile.WriteLine("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#taskList",
'  "id": "MDM4MzQ4NTA3NDQwMDUxMzQ2OTQ6NzAwOTA4MDA1NzU2ODYwMzow",
'  "etag": "\"84_7Cubo3y98GMV9bE3zQclHxhc/tK44F5sk_kx_cfoK27XsUCxCTKE\"",
'  "title": "aaa",
'  "updated": "2019-04-04T17:13:17.000Z",
'  "selfLink": "https://www.googleapis.com/tasks/v1/users/@me/lists/MDM4MzQ4NTA3NDQwMDUxMzQ2OTQ6NzAwOTA4MDA1NzU2ODYwMzow"
' }
' 
' response status code: 200

outFile.Close