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+'use server';
+import { createTask, updateTask, archiveTask } from './tasks';
+import { TaskStatus } from './types';
+import { revalidatePath } from 'next/cache';
+
+// creating tasks
+export async function createTaskAction(formData: FormData) {
+    // get form data
+    const title = formData.get('title') as string;
+    const description = formData.get('description') as string;
+    const due_date = formData.get('due_date') as string;
+    const status = (formData.get('status') as TaskStatus) || 'To-Do';
+    const topic = formData.get('topic') as string;
+    if (!title || !description || !topic || !due_date) {
+        throw new Error('All fields are required');
+    }
+    createTask({ title, description, due_date, topic, status });
+    revalidatePath('/tasks');
+    return { success: true };
+}
+export async function updateTaskAction(id: number, formData: FormData) {
+    const title = formData.get('title') as string;
+    const description = formData.get('description') as string;
+    const due_date = formData.get('due_date') as string;
+    const status = (formData.get('status') as TaskStatus) || 'To-Do';
+    const topic = formData.get('topic') as string;
+    if (!title || !description || !topic || !due_date) {
+        throw new Error('All fields are required');
+    }
+    updateTask(id, { title, description, due_date, topic, status });
+    revalidatePath('/tasks');
+    return { success: true };
+}
+export async function archiveTaskAction(id: number) {
+    archiveTask(id);
+    revalidatePath('/tasks');
+    revalidatePath('/archived');
+    return { success: true };
+}
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