Google Tasks helps many of us to remember all
those things that keep us busy. Towards the end of last year we asked our users what they
wanted to see improved with Google Tasks and an overwhelming request was for the
ability to access tasks from anywhere — be it on the move, on the desktop, or through their
favorite Web apps.
Today, we’re checking off a big to-do from our list
and are inviting you to try out the new Google Tasks API. Using the Google Tasks API,
developers can — for the very first time — create rich applications which integrate directly
with Google Tasks.
The Google Tasks API provides developers with a
powerful set of API endpoints for retrieving
and modifying
Google Tasks content and metadata. It offers a simple, RESTful interface and supports all
basic operations required to query, manage and sync a user’s tasks and task lists. The API
uses JSON for data representation and works with multiple authentication mechanisms including
OAuth 2.0.
POST /tasks/v1/lists/<list-ID>/tasks Content-Type: application/json ... { title: "Publish blog post"
}
Task task = new Task(); task.setTitle("Publish blog post"); client.tasks.insert( "list-ID",
task).execute();
Client libraries are
provided for several major programming environments and should help you get up and running
quickly.
The API is available in Labs and can be activated for your
project through the API Console.
Get started today by trying the Tasks API yourself using the API Explorer and taking a look at the
documentation.
If you
want to see the API in action check out the Google Tasks Chrome Extension. If you are at
Google I/O we invite you to come along and hear the Google Tasks team talk about the new API
today.
We thank the early adopters that have worked with us and built
their own Google Tasks integrations over the last weeks. We’d like to highlight a few of
them:
Producteev
is a task management platform that lets teams and individuals access their to-dos from a lot
of different locations (web, mobile, email, calendars...). You will now have all your
Producteev's tasks available in Google Tasks and vice versa!
Mavenlink's
project collaboration suite allows you to communicate, share files, track time, invoice, and
make or receive payments in one place. With its Google Tasks integration, your Mavenlink
project tasks & Google Tasks always stay in sync.
Manymoon
is the top installed social task and project management app in the Google Apps Marketplace and
makes it simple to get work done online with co-workers, partners, and customers. Manymoon's
users can now create and view tasks with Gmail and Google Calendar through Google
Tasks.
Zoho
offers a suite of online business, collaboration and productivity applications for small
businesses. So far they have integrated Zoho CRM & Zoho Projects with the Tasks
API.
Google Tasks helps many of us to remember all
those things that keep us busy. Towards the end of last year we asked our users what they
wanted to see improved with Google Tasks and an overwhelming request was for the
ability to access tasks from anywhere — be it on the move, on the desktop, or through their
favorite Web apps.
