Create HTTP target tasks

Cloud Tasks handlers can be run on any HTTP endpoint with an external IP address such as GKE, Compute Engine, or even an on-premises web server. Your tasks can be executed on any of these services in a reliable, configurable fashion.

This page demonstrates how to programmatically create basic HTTP target tasks and place them in Cloud Tasks queues. The quickstart demonstrates how to do this using the Google Cloud CLI.

For tasks that have HTTP targets (as opposed to explicit App Engine targets, which are less common), there are two ways to create tasks:

Create a task using the CreateTask method

This section discusses creating a task by constructing the task object. You use the CreateTask method.

When you create a task using the CreateTask method, you explicitly create and define the task object. You must specify the service and handler that process the task.

Optionally, you can pass task-specific data along to the handler. You can also fine-tune the configuration for the task, like scheduling a time in the future when it should be executed or limiting the number of times you want the task to be retried if it fails (see Advanced configuration).

The following examples call the CreateTask method to create a task using the Cloud Tasks client libraries.

C#


using Google.Cloud.Tasks.V2;
using Google.Protobuf;
using Google.Protobuf.WellKnownTypes;
using System;

class CreateHttpTask
{
    public string CreateTask(
        string projectId = "YOUR-PROJECT-ID",
        string location = "us-central1",
        string queue = "my-queue",
        string url = "http://example.com/taskhandler",
        string payload = "Hello World!",
        int inSeconds = 0)
    {
        CloudTasksClient client = CloudTasksClient.Create();
        QueueName parent = new QueueName(projectId, location, queue);

        var response = client.CreateTask(new CreateTaskRequest
        {
            Parent = parent.ToString(),
            Task = new Task
            {
                HttpRequest = new HttpRequest
                {
                    HttpMethod = HttpMethod.Post,
                    Url = url,
                    Body = ByteString.CopyFromUtf8(payload)
                },
                ScheduleTime = Timestamp.FromDateTime(
                    DateTime.UtcNow.AddSeconds(inSeconds))
            }
        });

        Console.WriteLine($"Created Task {response.Name}");
        return response.Name;
    }
}

Go


// Command createHTTPtask constructs and adds a task to a Cloud Tasks Queue.
package main

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"

	cloudtasks "cloud.google.com/go/cloudtasks/apiv2"
	taskspb "cloud.google.com/go/cloudtasks/apiv2/cloudtaskspb"
)

// createHTTPTask creates a new task with a HTTP target then adds it to a Queue.
func createHTTPTask(projectID, locationID, queueID, url, message string) (*taskspb.Task, error) {

	// Create a new Cloud Tasks client instance.
	// See https://godoc.org/cloud.google.com/go/cloudtasks/apiv2
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := cloudtasks.NewClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("NewClient: %w", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	// Build the Task queue path.
	queuePath := fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/locations/%s/queues/%s", projectID, locationID, queueID)

	// Build the Task payload.
	// https://godoc.org/google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/cloud/tasks/v2#CreateTaskRequest
	req := &taskspb.CreateTaskRequest{
		Parent: queuePath,
		Task: &taskspb.Task{
			// https://godoc.org/google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/cloud/tasks/v2#HttpRequest
			MessageType: &taskspb.Task_HttpRequest{
				HttpRequest: &taskspb.HttpRequest{
					HttpMethod: taskspb.HttpMethod_POST,
					Url:        url,
				},
			},
		},
	}

	// Add a payload message if one is present.
	req.Task.GetHttpRequest().Body = []byte(message)

	createdTask, err := client.CreateTask(ctx, req)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cloudtasks.CreateTask: %w", err)
	}

	return createdTask, nil
}

Java

import com.google.cloud.tasks.v2.CloudTasksClient;
import com.google.cloud.tasks.v2.HttpMethod;
import com.google.cloud.tasks.v2.HttpRequest;
import com.google.cloud.tasks.v2.QueueName;
import com.google.cloud.tasks.v2.Task;
import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.charset.Charset;

public class CreateHttpTask {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "my-project-id";
    String locationId = "us-central1";
    String queueId = "my-queue";
    createTask(projectId, locationId, queueId);
  }

  // Create a task with a HTTP target using the Cloud Tasks client.
  public static void createTask(String projectId, String locationId, String queueId)
      throws IOException {

    // Instantiates a client.
    try (CloudTasksClient client = CloudTasksClient.create()) {
      String url = "https://example.com/taskhandler";
      String payload = "Hello, World!";

      // Construct the fully qualified queue name.
      String queuePath = QueueName.of(projectId, locationId, queueId).toString();

      // Construct the task body.
      Task.Builder taskBuilder =
          Task.newBuilder()
              .setHttpRequest(
                  HttpRequest.newBuilder()
                      .setBody(ByteString.copyFrom(payload, Charset.defaultCharset()))
                      .setUrl(url)
                      .setHttpMethod(HttpMethod.POST)
                      .build());

      // Send create task request.
      Task task = client.createTask(queuePath, taskBuilder.build());
      System.out.println("Task created: " + task.getName());
    }
  }
}

Note the pom.xml file:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <groupId>com.example.tasks</groupId>
  <artifactId>cloudtasks-snippets</artifactId>
  <packaging>jar</packaging>
  <name>Google Cloud Tasks Snippets</name>

  <!--
    The parent pom defines common style checks and testing strategies for our samples.
    Removing or replacing it should not affect the execution of the samples in anyway.
  -->
  <parent>
    <groupId>com.google.cloud.samples</groupId>
    <artifactId>shared-configuration</artifactId>
    <version>1.2.0</version>
  </parent>

  <properties>
    <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
    <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
  </properties>


  <dependencyManagement>
    <dependencies>
      <dependency>
        <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
        <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
        <version>26.32.0</version>
        <type>pom</type>
        <scope>import</scope>
      </dependency>
    </dependencies>
  </dependencyManagement>

  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
      <artifactId>google-cloud-tasks</artifactId>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
      <groupId>junit</groupId>
      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
      <version>4.13.2</version>
      <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>com.google.truth</groupId>
      <artifactId>truth</artifactId>
      <version>1.4.0</version>
      <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>
</project>

Node.js

// Imports the Google Cloud Tasks library.
const {CloudTasksClient} = require('@google-cloud/tasks');

// Instantiates a client.
const client = new CloudTasksClient();

async function createHttpTask() {
  // TODO(developer): Uncomment these lines and replace with your values.
  // const project = 'my-project-id';
  // const queue = 'my-queue';
  // const location = 'us-central1';
  // const url = 'https://example.com/taskhandler';
  // const payload = 'Hello, World!';
  // const inSeconds = 180;

  // Construct the fully qualified queue name.
  const parent = client.queuePath(project, location, queue);

  const task = {
    httpRequest: {
      headers: {
        'Content-Type': 'text/plain', // Set content type to ensure compatibility your application's request parsing
      },
      httpMethod: 'POST',
      url,
    },
  };

  if (payload) {
    task.httpRequest.body = Buffer.from(payload).toString('base64');
  }

  if (inSeconds) {
    // The time when the task is scheduled to be attempted.
    task.scheduleTime = {
      seconds: parseInt(inSeconds) + Date.now() / 1000,
    };
  }

  // Send create task request.
  console.log('Sending task:');
  console.log(task);
  const request = {parent: parent, task: task};
  const [response] = await client.createTask(request);
  console.log(`Created task ${response.name}`);
}
createHttpTask();

Note the package.json file:

{
  "name": "appengine-cloudtasks",
  "description": "Google App Engine Cloud Tasks example.",
  "license": "Apache-2.0",
  "author": "Google Inc.",
  "private": true,
  "engines": {
    "node": ">=16.0.0"
  },
  "files": [
    "*.js"
  ],
  "scripts": {
    "test": "c8 mocha -p -j 2 --timeout 30000",
    "start": "node server.js"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@google-cloud/tasks": "^5.0.0",
    "express": "^4.16.3"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "c8": "^10.0.0",
    "chai": "^4.5.0",
    "mocha": "^10.0.0",
    "uuid": "^10.0.0"
  }
}

PHP

use Google\Cloud\Tasks\V2\Client\CloudTasksClient;
use Google\Cloud\Tasks\V2\CreateTaskRequest;
use Google\Cloud\Tasks\V2\HttpMethod;
use Google\Cloud\Tasks\V2\HttpRequest;
use Google\Cloud\Tasks\V2\Task;

/** Uncomment and populate these variables in your code */
// $projectId = 'The Google project ID';
// $locationId = 'The Location ID';
// $queueId = 'The Cloud Tasks Queue ID';
// $url = 'The full url path that the task request will be sent to.'
// $payload = 'The payload your task should carry to the task handler. Optional';

// Instantiate the client and queue name.
$client = new CloudTasksClient();
$queueName = $client->queueName($projectId, $locationId, $queueId);

// Create an Http Request Object.
$httpRequest = new HttpRequest();
// The full url path that the task request will be sent to.
$httpRequest->setUrl($url);
// POST is the default HTTP method, but any HTTP method can be used.
$httpRequest->setHttpMethod(HttpMethod::POST);
// Setting a body value is only compatible with HTTP POST and PUT requests.
if (!empty($payload)) {
    $httpRequest->setBody($payload);
}

// Create a Cloud Task object.
$task = new Task();
$task->setHttpRequest($httpRequest);

// Send request and print the task name.
$request = (new CreateTaskRequest())
    ->setParent($queueName)
    ->setTask($task);
$response = $client->createTask($request);
printf('Created task %s' . PHP_EOL, $response->getName());

Note the composer.json file:

{
    "require": {
        "google/cloud-tasks": "^2.0"
    }
}

Python

import datetime
import json
from typing import Dict, Optional

from google.cloud import tasks_v2
from google.protobuf import duration_pb2, timestamp_pb2


def create_http_task(
    project: str,
    location: str,
    queue: str,
    url: str,
    json_payload: Dict,
    scheduled_seconds_from_now: Optional[int] = None,
    task_id: Optional[str] = None,
    deadline_in_seconds: Optional[int] = None,
) -> tasks_v2.Task:
    """Create an HTTP POST task with a JSON payload.
    Args:
        project: The project ID where the queue is located.
        location: The location where the queue is located.
        queue: The ID of the queue to add the task to.
        url: The target URL of the task.
        json_payload: The JSON payload to send.
        scheduled_seconds_from_now: Seconds from now to schedule the task for.
        task_id: ID to use for the newly created task.
        deadline_in_seconds: The deadline in seconds for task.
    Returns:
        The newly created task.
    """

    # Create a client.
    client = tasks_v2.CloudTasksClient()

    # Construct the task.
    task = tasks_v2.Task(
        http_request=tasks_v2.HttpRequest(
            http_method=tasks_v2.HttpMethod.POST,
            url=url,
            headers={"Content-type": "application/json"},
            body=json.dumps(json_payload).encode(),
        ),
        name=(
            client.task_path(project, location, queue, task_id)
            if task_id is not None
            else None
        ),
    )

    # Convert "seconds from now" to an absolute Protobuf Timestamp
    if scheduled_seconds_from_now is not None:
        timestamp = timestamp_pb2.Timestamp()
        timestamp.FromDatetime(
            datetime.datetime.utcnow()
            + datetime.timedelta(seconds=scheduled_seconds_from_now)
        )
        task.schedule_time = timestamp

    # Convert "deadline in seconds" to a Protobuf Duration
    if deadline_in_seconds is not None:
        duration = duration_pb2.Duration()
        duration.FromSeconds(deadline_in_seconds)
        task.dispatch_deadline = duration

    # Use the client to send a CreateTaskRequest.
    return client.create_task(
        tasks_v2.CreateTaskRequest(
            # The queue to add the task to
            parent=client.queue_path(project, location, queue),
            # The task itself
            task=task,
        )
    )

Note the requirements.txt file:

google-cloud-tasks==2.18.0

Ruby

require "google/cloud/tasks"

# Create a Task with an HTTP Target
#
# @param [String] project_id Your Google Cloud Project ID.
# @param [String] location_id Your Google Cloud Project Location ID.
# @param [String] queue_id Your Google Cloud Tasks Queue ID.
# @param [String] url The full path to sent the task request to.
# @param [String] payload The request body of your task.
# @param [Integer] seconds The delay, in seconds, to process your task.
def create_http_task project_id, location_id, queue_id, url, payload: nil, seconds: nil
  # Instantiates a client.
  client = Google::Cloud::Tasks.cloud_tasks

  # Construct the fully qualified queue name.
  parent = client.queue_path project: project_id, location: location_id, queue: queue_id

  # Construct task.
  task = {
    http_request: {
      http_method: "POST",
      url:         url
    }
  }

  # Add payload to task body.
  task[:http_request][:body] = payload if payload

  # Add scheduled time to task.
  if seconds
    timestamp = Google::Protobuf::Timestamp.new
    timestamp.seconds = Time.now.to_i + seconds.to_i
    task[:schedule_time] = timestamp
  end

  # Send create task request.
  puts "Sending task #{task}"

  response = client.create_task parent: parent, task: task

  puts "Created task #{response.name}" if response.name
end

Create a task using the BufferTask method

This section discusses creating a task by sending an HTTP request. The method you use is called BufferTask.

Limitations

Call the BufferTask method

The following examples show how to create a task by sending an HTTP POST request to the Cloud Tasks API buffer endpoint.

Set up a service account for HTTP target handler authentication

Cloud Tasks can call HTTP target handlers that require authentication if you have a service account with the appropriate credentials to access the handler.

You can use your current service account if you grant it the appropriate roles. These instructions cover creating a new service account specifically for this function. The existing or new service account used for Cloud Tasks authentication must be in the same project as your Cloud Tasks queues.

Use HTTP target tasks with authentication tokens

To authenticate between Cloud Tasks and an HTTP target handler that requires such authentication, Cloud Tasks creates a header token. This token is based on the credentials in the Cloud Tasks Enqueuer service account, identified by its email address. The service account used for authentication must be part of the same project where your Cloud Tasks queue resides. The request, with the header token, is sent from the queue to the handler by HTTPS. You can use either an ID token or an access token. ID tokens should generally be used for any handler running on Google Cloud, for example, on Cloud Run functions or Cloud Run. The main exception is for Google APIs hosted on *.googleapis.com: these APIs expect an access token.

You can configure authentication at the queue level, or at the task level. To configure authentication at the queue level, see Limiting access to single queues. If authentication is configured at the queue level, this configuration overrides configuration at the task level. To configure authentication at the task level, specify either an ID (OIDC) token or access (OAuth) token in the task itself.

CreateTask method

The following examples use the CreateTask method with the Cloud Tasks client libraries to create a task that also includes the creation of a header token. ID tokens are used in the examples. To use an access token, replace the OIDC parameter with the language appropriate OAuth parameter in constructing the request.

Go

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"

	cloudtasks "cloud.google.com/go/cloudtasks/apiv2"
	taskspb "cloud.google.com/go/cloudtasks/apiv2/cloudtaskspb"
)

// createHTTPTaskWithToken constructs a task with a authorization token
// and HTTP target then adds it to a Queue.
func createHTTPTaskWithToken(projectID, locationID, queueID, url, email, message string) (*taskspb.Task, error) {
	// Create a new Cloud Tasks client instance.
	// See https://godoc.org/cloud.google.com/go/cloudtasks/apiv2
	ctx := context.Background()
	client, err := cloudtasks.NewClient(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("NewClient: %w", err)
	}
	defer client.Close()

	// Build the Task queue path.
	queuePath := fmt.Sprintf("projects/%s/locations/%s/queues/%s", projectID, locationID, queueID)

	// Build the Task payload.
	// https://godoc.org/google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/cloud/tasks/v2#CreateTaskRequest
	req := &taskspb.CreateTaskRequest{
		Parent: queuePath,
		Task: &taskspb.Task{
			// https://godoc.org/google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/cloud/tasks/v2#HttpRequest
			MessageType: &taskspb.Task_HttpRequest{
				HttpRequest: &taskspb.HttpRequest{
					HttpMethod: taskspb.HttpMethod_POST,
					Url:        url,
					AuthorizationHeader: &taskspb.HttpRequest_OidcToken{
						OidcToken: &taskspb.OidcToken{
							ServiceAccountEmail: email,
						},
					},
				},
			},
		},
	}

	// Add a payload message if one is present.
	req.Task.GetHttpRequest().Body = []byte(message)

	createdTask, err := client.CreateTask(ctx, req)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cloudtasks.CreateTask: %w", err)
	}

	return createdTask, nil
}

Java

import com.google.cloud.tasks.v2.CloudTasksClient;
import com.google.cloud.tasks.v2.HttpMethod;
import com.google.cloud.tasks.v2.HttpRequest;
import com.google.cloud.tasks.v2.OidcToken;
import com.google.cloud.tasks.v2.QueueName;
import com.google.cloud.tasks.v2.Task;
import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.charset.Charset;

public class CreateHttpTaskWithToken {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    // TODO(developer): Replace these variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "my-project-id";
    String locationId = "us-central1";
    String queueId = "my-queue";
    String serviceAccountEmail =
        "java-docs-samples-testing@java-docs-samples-testing.iam.gserviceaccount.com";
    createTask(projectId, locationId, queueId, serviceAccountEmail);
  }

  // Create a task with a HTTP target and authorization token using the Cloud Tasks client.
  public static void createTask(
      String projectId, String locationId, String queueId, String serviceAccountEmail)
      throws IOException {

    // Instantiates a client.
    try (CloudTasksClient client = CloudTasksClient.create()) {
      String url =
          "https://example.com/taskhandler"; // The full url path that the request will be sent to
      String payload = "Hello, World!"; // The task HTTP request body

      // Construct the fully qualified queue name.
      String queuePath = QueueName.of(projectId, locationId, queueId).toString();

      // Add your service account email to construct the OIDC token.
      // in order to add an authentication header to the request.
      OidcToken.Builder oidcTokenBuilder =
          OidcToken.newBuilder().setServiceAccountEmail(serviceAccountEmail);

      // Construct the task body.
      Task.Builder taskBuilder =
          Task.newBuilder()
              .setHttpRequest(
                  HttpRequest.newBuilder()
                      .setBody(ByteString.copyFrom(payload, Charset.defaultCharset()))
                      .setHttpMethod(HttpMethod.POST)
                      .setUrl(url)
                      .setOidcToken(oidcTokenBuilder)
                      .build());

      // Send create task request.
      Task task = client.createTask(queuePath, taskBuilder.build());
      System.out.println("Task created: " + task.getName());
    }
  }
}

Note the pom.xml file:

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <groupId>com.example.tasks</groupId>
  <artifactId>cloudtasks-snippets</artifactId>
  <packaging>jar</packaging>
  <name>Google Cloud Tasks Snippets</name>

  <!--
    The parent pom defines common style checks and testing strategies for our samples.
    Removing or replacing it should not affect the execution of the samples in anyway.
  -->
  <parent>
    <groupId>com.google.cloud.samples</groupId>
    <artifactId>shared-configuration</artifactId>
    <version>1.2.0</version>
  </parent>

  <properties>
    <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
    <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
  </properties>


  <dependencyManagement>
    <dependencies>
      <dependency>
        <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
        <artifactId>libraries-bom</artifactId>
        <version>26.32.0</version>
        <type>pom</type>
        <scope>import</scope>
      </dependency>
    </dependencies>
  </dependencyManagement>

  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
      <artifactId>google-cloud-tasks</artifactId>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
      <groupId>junit</groupId>
      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
      <version>4.13.2</version>
      <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
      <groupId>com.google.truth</groupId>
      <artifactId>truth</artifactId>
      <version>1.4.0</version>
      <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>
</project>

Node.js

// Imports the Google Cloud Tasks library.
const {CloudTasksClient} = require('@google-cloud/tasks');

// Instantiates a client.
const client = new CloudTasksClient();

async function createHttpTaskWithToken() {
  // TODO(developer): Uncomment these lines and replace with your values.
  // const project = 'my-project-id';
  // const queue = 'my-queue';
  // const location = 'us-central1';
  // const url = 'https://example.com/taskhandler';
  // const serviceAccountEmail = 'client@<project-id>.iam.gserviceaccount.com';
  // const payload = 'Hello, World!';

  // Construct the fully qualified queue name.
  const parent = client.queuePath(project, location, queue);

  const task = {
    httpRequest: {
      headers: {
        'Content-Type': 'text/plain', // Set content type to ensure compatibility your application's request parsing
      },
      httpMethod: 'POST',
      url,
      oidcToken: {
        serviceAccountEmail,
      },
    },
  };

  if (payload) {
    task.httpRequest.body = Buffer.from(payload).toString('base64');
  }

  console.log('Sending task:');
  console.log(task);
  // Send create task request.
  const request = {parent: parent, task: task};
  const [response] = await client.createTask(request);
  const name = response.name;
  console.log(`Created task ${name}`);
}
createHttpTaskWithToken();

Note the package.json file:

{
  "name": "appengine-cloudtasks",
  "description": "Google App Engine Cloud Tasks example.",
  "license": "Apache-2.0",
  "author": "Google Inc.",
  "private": true,
  "engines": {
    "node": ">=16.0.0"
  },
  "files": [
    "*.js"
  ],
  "scripts": {
    "test": "c8 mocha -p -j 2 --timeout 30000",
    "start": "node server.js"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@google-cloud/tasks": "^5.0.0",
    "express": "^4.16.3"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "c8": "^10.0.0",
    "chai": "^4.5.0",
    "mocha": "^10.0.0",
    "uuid": "^10.0.0"
  }
}

Python

from typing import Optional

from google.cloud import tasks_v2


def create_http_task_with_token(
    project: str,
    location: str,
    queue: str,
    url: str,
    payload: bytes,
    service_account_email: str,
    audience: Optional[str] = None,
) -> tasks_v2.Task:
    """Create an HTTP POST task with an OIDC token and an arbitrary payload.
    Args:
        project: The project ID where the queue is located.
        location: The location where the queue is located.
        queue: The ID of the queue to add the task to.
        url: The target URL of the task.
        payload: The payload to send.
        service_account_email: The service account to use for generating the OIDC token.
        audience: Audience to use when generating the OIDC token.
    Returns:
        The newly created task.
    """

    # Create a client.
    client = tasks_v2.CloudTasksClient()

    # Construct the request body.
    task = tasks_v2.Task(
        http_request=tasks_v2.HttpRequest(
            http_method=tasks_v2.HttpMethod.POST,
            url=url,
            oidc_token=tasks_v2.OidcToken(
                service_account_email=service_account_email,
                audience=audience,
            ),
            body=payload,
        ),
    )

    # Use the client to build and send the task.
    return client.create_task(
        tasks_v2.CreateTaskRequest(
            parent=client.queue_path(project, location, queue),
            task=task,
        )
    )

Note the requirements.txt file:

google-cloud-tasks==2.18.0

BufferTask method

The following examples use application default credentials to authenticate when using the BufferTask method for creating a task.

Provide your own HTTP target task handlers

HTTP Target task handlers are very similar to App Engine task handlers, with the following exceptions:

Manually add the Cloud Tasks Service Agent role

Header	Description
`X-CloudTasks-QueueName`	The name of the queue.
`X-CloudTasks-TaskName`	The "short" name of the task, or, if no name was specified at creation, a unique system-generated id. This is the `my-task-id` value in the complete task name, ie, task_name = `projects/my-project-id/locations/my-location/queues/my-queue-id/tasks/my-task-id`.
`X-CloudTasks-TaskRetryCount`	The number of times this task has been retried. For the first attempt, this value is `0`. This number includes attempts where the task failed due to 5XX error codes and never reached the execution phase.
`X-CloudTasks-TaskExecutionCount`	The total number of times that the task has received a response from the handler. Since Cloud Tasks deletes the task once a successful response has been received, all previous handler responses were failures. This number does not include failures due to 5XX error codes.
`X-CloudTasks-TaskETA`	Initially, the originally scheduled time of the task, specified in seconds since January 1st 1970. Note that it represents the expected dispatch time. On retries, it is updated closer to the current time and can be used to measure delivery latency. It should not be used for task deduplication.

Header	Description
`X-CloudTasks-TaskPreviousResponse`	The HTTP response code from the previous retry.
`X-CloudTasks-TaskRetryReason`	The reason for retrying the task.

This is necessary only if you enabled the Cloud Tasks API prior to March 19, 2019.

Other configurations

There are a number of task attributes that you can configure. For a full list, see the task resource definition. For example, you can customize the following attributes:

You can also configure queue attributes such as routing overrides, rate limits, and retry parameters. These configurations are applied to all tasks in a queue. For more information, see Configure Cloud Tasks queues.

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Create a task using the BufferTask method

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Call the BufferTask method

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Set up a service account for HTTP target handler authentication

Use HTTP target tasks with authentication tokens

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Go

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curl

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Provide your own HTTP target task handlers

Manually add the Cloud Tasks Service Agent role

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