def post_task(): data = request.get_json(silent=True) title = data['title'] date = data['date'] # should be in the form of "08 Nov 2019" time = data['time'] # should be in the form of "12:00 PM" course = data['course'] description = data['description'] student = data['student'] # student id attachments = data['attachments'] # a list of uploaded file returned by the upload api grade = 0 progress = 0 deadline = TaskController.create_date(date, time) result = TaskController.post(title, deadline, course, description, attachments, student, grade, progress) return result