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+/*
+ * Copyright 2019 Google LLC
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.google.cloud.tasks.v2beta3;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+
+import com.google.api.gax.rpc.AlreadyExistsException;
+import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
+import com.google.protobuf.ByteString;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class CloudTasksSmokeTest {
+  private static final String PROJECT_ENV_NAME = "GOOGLE_CLOUD_PROJECT";
+  private static final String LEGACY_PROJECT_ENV_NAME = "GCLOUD_PROJECT";
+  private static final String LOCATION_ENV_NAME = "GOOGLE_CLOUD_LOCATION";
+  private static final String DEFAULT_LOCATION_ID = "us-central1";
+  private static final String QUEUE_ID = "default";
+  static Queue queue;
+
+  public static void main(String args[]) {
+    Logger.getLogger("").setLevel(Level.WARNING);
+    try {
+      createTask(getProjectId(), getLocationId(), QUEUE_ID);
+      System.out.println("OK");
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      System.err.println("Failed with exception:");
+      e.printStackTrace(System.err);
+      System.exit(1);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @BeforeClass
+  public static void setupQueue() {
+    String queueName = QueueName.of(getProjectId(), getLocationId(), QUEUE_ID).toString();
+    try (CloudTasksClient client = CloudTasksClient.create()) {
+      Queue q = Queue.newBuilder().setName(queueName).build();
+      try {
+
+        queue = client.createQueue(LocationName.of(getProjectId(), getLocationId()), q);
+      } catch (AlreadyExistsException e) {
+        queue = client.getQueue(queueName);
+      }
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      fail("Failed to create queue: " + e.getMessage());
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void run() {
+    main(null);
+  }
+
+  public static void createTask(String project, String location, String queue) throws IOException {
+    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(project, location, queue).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());
+    }
+  }
+
+  private static String getProjectId() {
+    String projectId = System.getProperty(PROJECT_ENV_NAME, System.getenv(PROJECT_ENV_NAME));
+    if (projectId == null) {
+      projectId =
+          System.getProperty(LEGACY_PROJECT_ENV_NAME, System.getenv(LEGACY_PROJECT_ENV_NAME));
+    }
+    Preconditions.checkArgument(projectId != null, "A project ID is required.");
+    return projectId;
+  }
+
+  private static String getLocationId() {
+    String locationId = System.getProperty(LOCATION_ENV_NAME, System.getenv(LOCATION_ENV_NAME));
+    if (locationId == null) {
+      return DEFAULT_LOCATION_ID;
+    }
+    return locationId;
+  }
+}