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Create New Task and Insert Onto List

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

const std = @import("std");
const chilkat = @import("chilkat");

pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
    const alloc = init.arena.allocator();

    // 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 = try chilkat.FileAccess.init();
    defer fac.deinit();
    const access_token = fac.readEntireTextFile(alloc, "qa_data/tokens/googleTasks.txt", "utf-8") catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try fac.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    const http = try chilkat.Http.init();
    defer http.deinit();

    http.setAuthToken(access_token);

    // Create a new task.
    const json = try chilkat.JsonObject.init();
    defer json.deinit();
    json.updateString("title", "Go to grocery store") catch {};
    json.updateString("notes", "Don't forget to buy apples.") catch {};

    // The due date of a task is specified as a RFC 3339 timestamp.  It is optional.
    const due = try chilkat.DateTime.init();
    defer due.deinit();
    due.setFromCurrentSystemTime() catch {};
    due.addDays(3) catch {};
    json.updateString("due", try due.getAsTimestamp(alloc, false)) catch {};

    // Insert this task onto the task list w/ id = MDM4MzQ4NTA3NDQwMDUxMzQ2OTQ6NzAwOTA4MDA1NzU2ODYwMzow
    http.setUrlVar("tasklist", "MDM4MzQ4NTA3NDQwMDUxMzQ2OTQ6NzAwOTA4MDA1NzU2ODYwMzow") catch {};

    const resp = try chilkat.HttpResponse.init();
    defer resp.deinit();
    http.httpJson("POST", "https://www.googleapis.com/tasks/v1/lists/{$tasklist}/tasks", json, "application/json", resp) catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try http.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    // Show the response body.
    std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try resp.getBodyStr(alloc)});

    // Examine the response status code.
    std.debug.print("response status code: {d}\n", .{resp.getStatusCode()});

    // 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
    //
}