Add an HTTP target task to a Cloud Tasks queue

This quickstart shows you how to add an HTTP target task to a Cloud Tasks queue using the Cloud Tasks API.

Before you begin

  1. Sign in to your Google Cloud account. If you're new to Google Cloud, create an account to evaluate how our products perform in real-world scenarios. New customers also get $300 in free credits to run, test, and deploy workloads.

  2. Install the Google Cloud CLI.

  3. If you're using an external identity provider (IdP), you must first sign in to the gcloud CLI with your federated identity.

  4. To initialize the gcloud CLI, run the following command: 

    gcloud init

  5. Create or select a Google Cloud project.

    • Create a Google Cloud project:

      gcloud projects create PROJECT_ID

      Replace PROJECT_ID with a name for the Google Cloud project you are creating.

    • Select the Google Cloud project that you created:

      gcloud config set project PROJECT_ID

      Replace PROJECT_ID with your Google Cloud project name.

  6. Make sure that billing is enabled for your Google Cloud project.

  7. Enable the Cloud Tasks API: 

    gcloud services enable cloudtasks.googleapis.com

  8. If you're using a local shell, then create local authentication credentials for your user account: 

    gcloud auth application-default login

    You don't need to do this if you're using Cloud Shell.

    If an authentication error is returned, and you are using an external identity provider (IdP), confirm that you have signed in to the gcloud CLI with your federated identity.

  9. Grant roles to your user account. Run the following command once for each of the following IAM roles: roles/cloudtasks.admin, roles/logging.viewer 

    gcloud projects add-iam-policy-binding PROJECT_ID --member="user:USER_IDENTIFIER" --role=ROLE
    • Replace PROJECT_ID with your project ID.

    • Replace USER_IDENTIFIER with the identifier for your user account. For example, user:myemail@example.com.

    • Replace ROLE with each individual role.
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  10. Install the Google Cloud CLI.

  11. If you're using an external identity provider (IdP), you must first sign in to the gcloud CLI with your federated identity.

  12. To initialize the gcloud CLI, run the following command: 

    gcloud init

  13. Create or select a Google Cloud project.

    • Create a Google Cloud project:

      gcloud projects create PROJECT_ID

      Replace PROJECT_ID with a name for the Google Cloud project you are creating.

    • Select the Google Cloud project that you created:

      gcloud config set project PROJECT_ID

      Replace PROJECT_ID with your Google Cloud project name.

  14. Make sure that billing is enabled for your Google Cloud project.

  15. Enable the Cloud Tasks API: 

    gcloud services enable cloudtasks.googleapis.com

  16. If you're using a local shell, then create local authentication credentials for your user account: 

    gcloud auth application-default login

    You don't need to do this if you're using Cloud Shell.

    If an authentication error is returned, and you are using an external identity provider (IdP), confirm that you have signed in to the gcloud CLI with your federated identity.

  17. Grant roles to your user account. Run the following command once for each of the following IAM roles: roles/cloudtasks.admin, roles/logging.viewer 

    gcloud projects add-iam-policy-binding PROJECT_ID --member="user:USER_IDENTIFIER" --role=ROLE
    • Replace PROJECT_ID with your project ID.

    • Replace USER_IDENTIFIER with the identifier for your user account. For example, user:myemail@example.com.

    • Replace ROLE with each individual role.
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Create a Cloud Tasks queue

Use the gcloud tasks queues create command to create your queue.

  1. In your terminal, create a queue that logs all operations.

    gcloud tasks queues create QUEUE_NAME \  --log-sampling-ratio=1.0 \  --location=REGION

    Replace the following:

    • QUEUE_NAME: a name for your Cloud Tasks queue
    • REGION: the supported region you deployed your service or app in

  2. Wait for the queue to initialize and then verify that it was created successfully.

    gcloud tasks queues describe QUEUE_NAME \  --location=REGION

    The output should be similar to the following:

     name: projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/LOCATION_ID/queues/QUEUE_NAME rateLimits: maxBurstSize: 100 maxConcurrentDispatches: 1000 maxDispatchesPerSecond: 500.0 retryConfig: maxAttempts: 100 maxBackoff: 3600s maxDoublings: 16 minBackoff: 0.100s state: RUNNING

Add a task to the Cloud Tasks queue

Use the gcloud tasks create-http-task command to create a task that targets an HTTP endpoint and add the task to your queue.

  1. Create a task, add it to the queue you created, and deliver that task to an HTTP endpoint.

    gcloud tasks create-http-task \  --queue=QUEUE_NAME \  --url=URL_PATH \  --method=GET \  --location=REGION \  --project=PROJECT_ID

    Replace URL_PATH with the full URL path that the request will be sent to. For example: https://www.google.com

    The path must begin with either http:// or https://.

  2. Verify that the task was executed successfully by reading the logs.

    gcloud logging read --limit=3

    The logs should look similar to the following:

    jsonPayload: '@type': type.googleapis.com/google.cloud.tasks.logging.v1.TaskActivityLog task: projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/REGION/queues/QUEUE_NAME/tasks/TASK_ID taskCreationLog: scheduleTime: '2024-07-04T19:00:27.801837Z' status: OK targetAddress: GET https://www.google.com/ targetType: HTTP

Clean up

To avoid incurring charges to your Google Cloud account for the resources used on this page, delete the Google Cloud project with the resources.

Delete a Google Cloud project:

gcloud projects delete PROJECT_ID

Alternatively, you can delete the Cloud Tasks queue:

gcloud tasks queues delete QUEUE_NAME \  --location=REGION

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