Add an HTTP target task to a Cloud Tasks queue

Add an HTTP target task to a Cloud Tasks queue

This quickstart shows you how to add an HTTP target task to a Cloud Tasks queue using the Cloud Tasks API.

Before you begin

1. Sign in to your Google Cloud account. If you're new to Google Cloud, create an account to evaluate how our products perform in real-world scenarios. New customers also get $300 in free credits to run, test, and deploy workloads.
2. Install the Google Cloud CLI.

3. If you're using an external identity provider (IdP), you must first sign in to the gcloud CLI with your federated identity.

4. To initialize the gcloud CLI, run the following command:

   gcloud init

5. Create or select a Google Cloud project.

   Note: If you don't plan to keep the resources that you create in this procedure, create a project instead of selecting an existing project. After you finish these steps, you can delete the project, removing all resources associated with the project.

   • Create a Google Cloud project:

     gcloud projects create PROJECT_ID

     Replace PROJECT_ID with a name for the Google Cloud project you are creating.

   • Select the Google Cloud project that you created:

     gcloud config set project PROJECT_ID

     Replace PROJECT_ID with your Google Cloud project name.

6. Make sure that billing is enabled for your Google Cloud project.

7. Enable the Cloud Tasks API:

   gcloud services enable cloudtasks.googleapis.com

8. If you're using a local shell, then create local authentication credentials for your user account:

   gcloud auth application-default login

   You don't need to do this if you're using Cloud Shell.

   If an authentication error is returned, and you are using an external identity provider (IdP), confirm that you have signed in to the gcloud CLI with your federated identity.

9. Install the Google Cloud CLI.

10. If you're using an external identity provider (IdP), you must first sign in to the gcloud CLI with your federated identity.

11. To initialize the gcloud CLI, run the following command:

    gcloud init

12. Create or select a Google Cloud project.

    Note: If you don't plan to keep the resources that you create in this procedure, create a project instead of selecting an existing project. After you finish these steps, you can delete the project, removing all resources associated with the project.

    • Create a Google Cloud project:

      gcloud projects create PROJECT_ID

      Replace PROJECT_ID with a name for the Google Cloud project you are creating.

    • Select the Google Cloud project that you created:

      gcloud config set project PROJECT_ID

      Replace PROJECT_ID with your Google Cloud project name.

13. Make sure that billing is enabled for your Google Cloud project.

14. Enable the Cloud Tasks API:

    gcloud services enable cloudtasks.googleapis.com

15. If you're using a local shell, then create local authentication credentials for your user account:

    gcloud auth application-default login

    You don't need to do this if you're using Cloud Shell.

    If an authentication error is returned, and you are using an external identity provider (IdP), confirm that you have signed in to the gcloud CLI with your federated identity.

Create a Cloud Tasks queue

Use the gcloud tasks queues create command to create your queue.

Caution: Using Cloud Tasks gcloud queue management methods carries some risk if used together with methods based on uploading queue.yaml/queue.xml. For more information, see Use Queue Management or queue.yaml.

1. In your terminal, create a queue that logs all operations.

   gcloud tasks queues create QUEUE_NAME \
       --log-sampling-ratio=1.0 \
       --location=REGION
   

   Replace the following:

   • QUEUE_NAME: a name for your Cloud Tasks queue
   • REGION: the region you deployed your service or app in

2. Wait for the queue to initialize and then verify that it was created successfully.

   gcloud tasks queues describe QUEUE_NAME \
       --location=REGION
   

   The output should be similar to the following:

    name: projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/LOCATION_ID/queues/QUEUE_NAME
    rateLimits:
      maxBurstSize: 100
      maxConcurrentDispatches: 1000
      maxDispatchesPerSecond: 500.0
    retryConfig:
      maxAttempts: 100
      maxBackoff: 3600s
      maxDoublings: 16
      minBackoff: 0.100s
    state: RUNNING
   

Add a task to the Cloud Tasks queue

Use the gcloud tasks create-http-task command to create a task that targets an HTTP endpoint and add the task to your queue.

1. Create a task, add it to the queue you created, and deliver that task to an HTTP endpoint.

   gcloud tasks create-http-task \
       --queue=QUEUE_NAME \
       --url=URL_PATH \
       --method=GET \
       --location=REGION \
       --project=PROJECT_ID
   

   Replace URL_PATH with the full URL path that the request will be sent to. For example: https://www.google.com

   The path must begin with either http:// or https://.

2. Verify that the task was executed successfully by reading the logs.

   gcloud logging read --limit=3
   

   The logs should look similar to the following:

   jsonPayload:
   '@type': type.googleapis.com/google.cloud.tasks.logging.v1.TaskActivityLog
   task: projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/REGION/queues/QUEUE_NAME/tasks/TASK_ID
   taskCreationLog:
      scheduleTime: '2024-07-04T19:00:27.801837Z'
      status: OK
      targetAddress: GET https://www.google.com/
      targetType: HTTP
   

Clean up

To avoid incurring charges to your Google Cloud account for the resources used on this page, delete the Google Cloud project with the resources.

Caution: Deleting a project has the following effects:

• Everything in the project is deleted. If you used an existing project for the tasks in this document, when you delete it, you also delete any other work you've done in the project.
• Custom project IDs are lost. When you created this project, you might have created a custom project ID that you want to use in the future. To preserve the URLs that use the project ID, such as an appspot.com URL, delete selected resources inside the project instead of deleting the whole project.

If you plan to explore multiple architectures, tutorials, or quickstarts, reusing projects can help you avoid exceeding project quota limits.

Delete a Google Cloud project:

gcloud projects delete PROJECT_ID

Alternatively, you can delete the Cloud Tasks queue:

gcloud tasks queues delete QUEUE_NAME \
    --location=REGION

What's next

• Manage queues and tasks
• Create Cloud Tasks queues
• RPC API reference
• REST API reference