Google-tasks-api NPM

Google Tasks API

What is it good for?

Google made their API so hard to understand, so after struggling with their documentation for their Tasks API I've found this repository that has a well written abstraction around the Tasks API.

This package contains the code from the above repository with some additions I made to make it easy to embed in your web application.

Install

If you're using Node:

npm i google-tasks-api

Or, if you're using plain JavaScript, just add the following script tag:

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/google-tasks-api@latest/dist/index.min.js"></script>

Google API Credentials

You must have a client ID to use Google Tasks API, to get one, go to Google APIs Console and create a new project, then go to Credentials and click on Create credentials. Choose OAuth client ID, then under application type choose Other, press Create and copy the client ID.

Usage

If you're on Node, import the API using: (You can skip that if you're not using Node)

import googleTasksApi from 'google-tasks-api'

const googleTasksApi = require('google-tasks-api')

Now you can start using the API. Start by autorizing:

await googleTasksAPI.autorize('yourclientid')

That will promote a popup to the user asking him for permission, after he accepts, the promise will resolve and you will be able to use the following self-explaining methods:

Method	Return Type	Description
`listTaskLists()`	`Promise<[]>`	Returns a list of task lists
`insertTaskList({ title })`	`Promise<>`	Receives an object with a `title`, and creates a new task list
`updateTaskList({ taskListId, title })`	`Promise<>`	Receives an object with a `taskListId` to update and a `title`, and updates the task list title
`deleteTaskList({ taskListId })`	`Promise<>`	Deletes a task list
`listTasks({ taskListId })`	`Promise<[]>`	Lists the tasks of `taskListId`
`insertTask({ taskListId, ...params })`	`Promise<>`	Creates a task in `taskListId`, a task may have the following fields
`updateTask({ taskListId, taskId, ...params })`	`Promise<>`	Updates a task by its id and task list id
`deleteTask({ taskListId, taskId })`	`Promise<>`	Deletes task `taskId` in list `taskListId`