Delete a task

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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. 

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. 

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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