Create App Engine tasks when migrating push queues

Creates App Engine tasks when migrating push queue code from App Engine task queues to Cloud Tasks.

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Java

To learn how to install and use the client library for Cloud Tasks, see Cloud Tasks client libraries.

To authenticate to Cloud Tasks, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 

import com.google.cloud.tasks.v2.AppEngineHttpRequest;
import com.google.cloud.tasks.v2.CloudTasksClient;
import com.google.cloud.tasks.v2.HttpMethod;
import com.google.cloud.tasks.v2.QueueName;
import com.google.cloud.tasks.v2.Task;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.annotation.WebServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;

@WebServlet(
    name = "TaskEnqueue",
    description = "Enqueue a task targeted at endpoint '/cloudtasks/worker'",
    urlPatterns = "/cloudtasks/enqueue")
public class Enqueue extends HttpServlet {

  // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
  static final String projectId = "my-project-id";
  static final String locationId = "us-central1";

  // Function creates Cloud Tasks from form submissions.
  protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
      throws ServletException, IOException {
    String key = request.getParameter("key");

    try (CloudTasksClient client = CloudTasksClient.create()) {
      // Construct the fully qualified queue name.
      String queueName = QueueName.of(projectId, locationId, "default").toString();

      // Construct the task body.
      Task task =
          Task.newBuilder()
              .setAppEngineHttpRequest(
                  AppEngineHttpRequest.newBuilder()
                      .setRelativeUri("/cloudtasks/worker?key=" + key)
                      .setHttpMethod(HttpMethod.POST)
                      .build())
              .build();

      // Add the task to the default queue.
      Task taskResponse = client.createTask(queueName, task);
      System.out.println("Task created: " + taskResponse.getName());
    }

    response.sendRedirect("/");
  }
}

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