Delete a task

Deletes a task for migrating from taskqueues example.

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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.CloudTasksClient;
import com.google.cloud.tasks.v2.TaskName;

public class DeleteTask {
  public static void deleteTask(String projectId, String locationId, String queueId, String taskId)
      throws Exception {
    try (CloudTasksClient client = CloudTasksClient.create()) {
      // TODO(developer): Uncomment these lines and replace with your values.
      // String projectId = "your-project-id";
      // String locationId = "us-central1";
      // String queueId = "queue1";
      // String taskId = "foo";

      // Construct the fully qualified queue name.
      String taskName = TaskName.of(projectId, locationId, queueId, taskId).toString();

      client.deleteTask(taskName);
      System.out.println("Task Deleted.");
    }
  }
}

Python

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. 

client = tasks.CloudTasksClient()

# TODO(developer): Uncomment these lines and replace with your values.
# project = 'my-project-id'
# location = 'us- central1'
# queue = 'queue1'

task_path = client.task_path(project, location, queue, "foo")
response = client.delete_task(name=task_path)

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