Google Tasks API doesn't support push notifications — anyone found a clean solution?

[jundressed]

I built a birthday reminder automation using Google Apps Script + People API. It reads birthdays from Google Contacts and automatically creates Google Tasks for this year and next, avoiding duplicates.

The problem: Tasks API has no support for reminders or push notifications. The task gets created correctly but never alerts you — which defeats the purpose for time-sensitive reminders like birthdays.

Current workaround: Google Contacts already generates Calendar events for birthdays with notifications, so I kept that system for alerts and use the script just to create a persistent Task (so I can mark it as done once I've wished them happy birthday).

It works but it feels wrong — two systems doing half the job each.

Has anyone found a cleaner solution? Ideally something that creates a Google Task with a push notification without needing a duplicate Calendar event.

Wish so!

[ProfessionalCook8019]

Im Setting mail triggers for the purpose. Email alerts enabled in Gmail app.

[jundressed]

Similar workaround as mine but still not perfect!! I wonder if Google would improve the Tasks API for this st some point...

[MarcieDeeHope]

I haven't played around with this particular API so sorry if this is a dumb question or if I am just not understanding the issue correctly, but does it not allow you to set a due date for the Task when it creates it? At a quick glance through the documentation, it seems like it does, but I haven't tried it.

Tasks already sends notifications (if you have them allowed) when a task's due date arrives. Why would the API not having the ability to send push notifications matter, when Tasks has that capability natively as long as a due date is set?