(Xojo Plugin) Update a Task's Status to "completed"

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

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// 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.

Dim fac As New Chilkat.FileAccess
Dim accessToken As String
accessToken = fac.ReadEntireTextFile("qa_data/tokens/googleTasks.txt","utf-8")
If (fac.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(fac.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

Dim success As Boolean
Dim http As New Chilkat.Http

http.AuthToken = accessToken

Dim taskId As String
taskId = "MDM4MzQ4NTA3NDQwMDUxMzQ2OTQ6NzAwOTA4MDA1NzU2ODYwMzoyMDg3OTcyMDA1MTQ5NTA0"

// Create the JSON to update the task status to completed.
Dim json As New Chilkat.JsonObject
success = json.UpdateString("id",taskId)
success = json.UpdateString("status","completed")

// Specify the ID's for both the task list and the task.
success = http.SetUrlVar("tasklist","MDM4MzQ4NTA3NDQwMDUxMzQ2OTQ6NzAwOTA4MDA1NzU2ODYwMzow")
success = http.SetUrlVar("task",taskId)

Dim url As String
url = "https://www.googleapis.com/tasks/v1/lists/{$tasklist}/tasks/{$task}"
Dim resp As Chilkat.HttpResponse
resp = http.PText("PUT",url,json.Emit(),"utf-8","application/json",False,False)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(http.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Show the response body.
System.DebugLog(resp.BodyStr)

// Examine the response status code.
System.DebugLog("response status code: " + Str(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