Google Tasks

Google Tasks

Access the Google Tasks API with managed OAuth authentication. Manage task lists and tasks with full CRUD operations.

Quick Start

CLI:

maton google-tasks task list -l 

maton api '/google-tasks/tasks/v1/lists//tasks'

Python:

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://api.maton.ai/google-tasks/tasks/v1/lists//tasks')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Base URL

https://api.maton.ai/google-tasks/{native-api-path}

Maton proxies requests to tasks.googleapis.com and automatically injects your OAuth token.

Installation

NPM:

npm install -g @maton/cli

Homebrew:

brew install maton-ai/cli/maton

Authentication

CLI:

maton login                          # Opens browser for API key
maton login --interactive            # Skip browser, paste API key directly
maton whoami                         # Show current auth state

Manual:

1. Sign in or create an account at maton.ai
2. Go to maton.ai/settings
3. Copy your API key
4. Set your API key as MATON_API_KEY:

export MATON_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"

Connection Management

Manage your Google Tasks OAuth connections at https://api.maton.ai.

List Connections

CLI:

maton connection list google-tasks --status ACTIVE

maton api -X GET /connections -f app=google-tasks -f status=ACTIVE

Python:

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://api.maton.ai/connections?app=google-tasks&status=ACTIVE')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Create Connection

CLI:

maton connection create google-tasks

maton api /connections -f app=google-tasks

Python:

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
data = json.dumps({'app': 'google-tasks'}).encode()
req = urllib.request.Request('https://api.maton.ai/connections', data=data, method='POST')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
req.add_header('Content-Type', 'application/json')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Get Connection

CLI:

maton connection view {connection_id}

maton api /connections/{connection_id}

Python:

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://api.maton.ai/connections/{connection_id}')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Response:

{
  "connection": {
    "connection_id": "{connection_id}",
    "status": "ACTIVE",
    "creation_time": "2026-02-07T02:35:51.002199Z",
    "last_updated_time": "2026-02-07T05:32:30.369186Z",
    "url": "https://connect.maton.ai/?session_token=...",
    "app": "google-tasks",
    "metadata": {}
  }
}

Open the returned url in a browser to complete OAuth authorization.

Delete Connection

CLI:

maton connection delete {connection_id}

maton api -X DELETE /connections/{connection_id}

Python:

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://api.maton.ai/connections/{connection_id}', method='DELETE')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Specifying Connection

If you have multiple Google Tasks connections, specify which one to use:

CLI:

maton google-tasks tasklist list --connection {connection_id}

maton api /google-tasks/tasks/v1/users/@me/lists --connection {connection_id}

Python:

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://api.maton.ai/google-tasks/tasks/v1/users/@me/lists')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
req.add_header('Maton-Connection', '{connection_id}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

If you have multiple connections, always specify the connection to ensure requests go to the intended account.

Security & Permissions

• Access is scoped to task lists and tasks with full CRUD operations within the connected Google Tasks account.
• All write operations require explicit user approval. Before executing any create, update, or delete call, confirm the target resource and intended effect with the user.

API Reference

Task Lists

List All Task Lists

GET /google-tasks/tasks/v1/users/@me/lists

Query Parameters:

• maxResults - Maximum number of task lists to return (default: 20, max: 100)
• pageToken - Token for pagination

Example:

maton google-tasks tasklist list

Get Task List

GET /google-tasks/tasks/v1/users/@me/lists/{tasklistId}

Example:

maton google-tasks tasklist view 

Create Task List

POST /google-tasks/tasks/v1/users/@me/lists
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "title": "New Task List"
}

Example:

maton google-tasks tasklist create --title 'New Task List'

Update Task List (PATCH - partial update)

PATCH /google-tasks/tasks/v1/users/@me/lists/{tasklistId}
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "title": "Updated Title"
}

Example:

maton google-tasks tasklist update  --title 'Updated Title'

Update Task List (PUT - full replace)

PUT /google-tasks/tasks/v1/users/@me/lists/{tasklistId}
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "title": "Replaced Title"
}

Example:

maton google-tasks tasklist update  --title 'Replaced Title' --replace

Delete Task List

DELETE /google-tasks/tasks/v1/users/@me/lists/{tasklistId}

Example:

maton google-tasks tasklist delete 

Tasks

List Tasks

GET /google-tasks/tasks/v1/lists/{tasklistId}/tasks?showCompleted=true

Query Parameters:

• maxResults - Maximum number of tasks to return (default: 20, max: 100)
• pageToken - Token for pagination
• showCompleted - Include completed tasks (default: true)
• showDeleted - Include deleted tasks (default: false)
• showHidden - Include hidden tasks (default: false)
• dueMin - Lower bound for due date (RFC 3339 timestamp)
• dueMax - Upper bound for due date (RFC 3339 timestamp)
• completedMin - Lower bound for completion date (RFC 3339 timestamp)
• completedMax - Upper bound for completion date (RFC 3339 timestamp)
• updatedMin - Lower bound for last update time (RFC 3339 timestamp)

Example:

maton google-tasks task list -l  --show-completed

Get Task

GET /google-tasks/tasks/v1/lists/{tasklistId}/tasks/{taskId}

Example:

maton google-tasks task view  -l 

Create Task

POST /google-tasks/tasks/v1/lists/{tasklistId}/tasks
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "title": "New Task",
  "notes": "Task description",
  "due": "2026-03-01T00:00:00.000Z"
}

Query Parameters (optional):

• parent - Parent task ID (for subtasks)
• previous - Previous sibling task ID (for positioning)

Example:

maton google-tasks task create -l  --title 'New Task' --notes 'Task description' --due 2026-03-01

Update Task (PATCH - partial update)

PATCH /google-tasks/tasks/v1/lists/{tasklistId}/tasks/{taskId}
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "title": "Updated Task Title",
  "status": "completed"
}

Example:

maton google-tasks task update  -l  --title 'Updated Task Title' --status completed

Update Task (PUT - full replace)

PUT /google-tasks/tasks/v1/lists/{tasklistId}/tasks/{taskId}
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "title": "Replaced Task",
  "notes": "New notes",
  "status": "needsAction"
}

Example:

maton google-tasks task update  -l  --title 'Replaced Task' --notes 'New notes' --status needsAction --replace

Delete Task

DELETE /google-tasks/tasks/v1/lists/{tasklistId}/tasks/{taskId}

Example:

maton google-tasks task delete  -l 

Move Task

Reposition a task within a task list or change its parent.

POST /google-tasks/tasks/v1/lists/{tasklistId}/tasks/{taskId}/move

Query Parameters (optional):

• parent - New parent task ID (for making it a subtask)
• previous - Previous sibling task ID (for positioning after this task)

Example:

maton google-tasks task move  -l  --previous 

Clear Completed Tasks

Delete all completed tasks from a task list.

POST /google-tasks/tasks/v1/lists/{tasklistId}/clear

Example:

maton google-tasks tasklist clear 

Task Resource Fields

Task List Resource Fields

Pagination

Google Tasks uses token-based pagination. The CLI automatically paginates with '--paginate'.

Example:

maton google-tasks task list -l  --paginate

Code Examples

CLI

# List all task lists
maton google-tasks tasklist list

# Filter with jq — e.g., extract task list titles
maton google-tasks tasklist list --json --jq '.items[].title'

# Create a task with a due date
maton google-tasks task create -l  --title 'Write spec' --due 2026-12-01

JavaScript

// List all task lists
const response = await fetch(
  'https://api.maton.ai/google-tasks/tasks/v1/users/@me/lists',
  {
    headers: {
      'Authorization': `Bearer ${process.env.MATON_API_KEY}`
    }
  }
);

// Create a new task
const createResponse = await fetch(
  `https://api.maton.ai/google-tasks/tasks/v1/lists/${tasklistId}/tasks`,
  {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
      'Authorization': `Bearer ${process.env.MATON_API_KEY}`,
      'Content-Type': 'application/json'
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
      title: 'New Task',
      notes: 'Task description',
      due: '2026-03-01T00:00:00.000Z'
    })
  }
);

Python

import os
import requests

# List all task lists
response = requests.get(
    'https://api.maton.ai/google-tasks/tasks/v1/users/@me/lists',
    headers={'Authorization': f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}'}
)

# Create a new task
create_response = requests.post(
    f'https://api.maton.ai/google-tasks/tasks/v1/lists/{tasklist_id}/tasks',
    headers={'Authorization': f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}'},
    json={
        'title': 'New Task',
        'notes': 'Task description',
        'due': '2026-03-01T00:00:00.000Z'
    }
)

Notes

• Task list IDs and task IDs are opaque strings (base64-encoded)
• Status values are "needsAction" or "completed"
• Due dates are RFC 3339 timestamps
• Maximum title length: 1024 characters
• Maximum notes length: 8192 characters
• IMPORTANT: When using curl commands, use curl -g when URLs contain brackets to disable glob parsing
• IMPORTANT: When piping curl output to jq or other commands, environment variables like $MATON_API_KEY may not expand correctly in some shell environments. You may get "Invalid API key" errors when piping.

Error Handling

Troubleshooting: API Key Issues

CLI:

1. Check your auth state:

maton whoami

1. Verify the API key is valid by listing connections:

maton connection list

Manual:

1. Check that the MATON_API_KEY environment variable is set:

echo $MATON_API_KEY

1. Verify the API key is valid by listing connections:

python <<'EOF'
import urllib.request, os, json
req = urllib.request.Request('https://api.maton.ai/connections')
req.add_header('Authorization', f'Bearer {os.environ["MATON_API_KEY"]}')
print(json.dumps(json.load(urllib.request.urlopen(req)), indent=2))
EOF

Troubleshooting: Invalid App Name

1. Ensure your URL path starts with google-tasks. For example:

• Correct: https://api.maton.ai/google-tasks/tasks/v1/users/@me/lists
• Incorrect: https://api.maton.ai/tasks/v1/users/@me/lists

Resources

• Google Tasks API Overview
• Tasks Reference
• TaskLists Reference
• Maton CLI Manual
• Maton Community
• Maton Support