Hi Eric,

Here is the script. It's pretty simple. There is no facility for
synchronizing an org-mode file as yet. I think the best way to do the sync
would be to do it when pushing an org-mode file to Google Tasks.

Tell me how you like this and if it works well for you.

Patrick

PS:

** Requirements:
  - Python 2.6. This is the version I am using, and I am not sure if an
earlier
    version will work.
  - setuptools. This is necessary in order to install the Google API for
Python.
    Get setuptools from here:
    http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools#downloads
    I downloaded the egg package
    (
http://pypi.python.org/packages/2.6/s/setuptools/setuptools-0.6c11-py2.6.egg#md5=bfa92100bd772d5a213eedd356d64086
),
    set it to +x and run it
    sudo ./setuptools-0.6c11-py2.6.egg
  - Google Tasks API for Python.
    Use easy_install per this page:
    http://code.google.com/p/google-api-python-client/wiki/Installation
    sudo easy_install --upgrade google-api-python-client

Thanks,
Patrick

On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 5:12 AM, Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> wrote:

> Patrick Brennan <pbrennan@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > This weekend, while trying to avoid doing any real work, I started
> noodling
> > around with the Google Tasks API and I got a respectable distance toward
> a
> > script which will read your Google Tasks and export them to Org-mode.
> > Currently it will capture the task title, the notes, the todo status
> (TODO
> > or DONE) and the hierarchy, i.e. child tasks will be correctly placed
> under
> > their parents. There's still a lot of polish to apply, and of course,
> there
> > is no bidirectional capability as yet. Still, I wanted to send out this
> > notice in case anyone wanted to compare notes or thought it might be an
> > interesting application to share. The mobile apps for Google Tasks are
> > quite good, and if I can get a really good export going, I think this
> will
> > actually provide a plausible alternative workflow to the existing
> MobileOrg
> > flow.
> >
> > Patrick
>
> I would be very interested in this.  I have links to and from google
> calendar for appointments but could not figure out how to do either
> direction for TODO items.
>
> Thanks,
> eric
>
> --
> : Eric S Fraga (GnuPG: 0xC89193D8FFFCF67D) in Emacs 24.0.92.1
> : using Org-mode version 7.8.03 (release_7.8.03.283.g171ea)
>
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