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
