Specify beeminder comment when a datapoint is added from Tasker

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It would require adding a field to this scren:

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You can submit directly to the API using a Tasker plugin called RESTask. I’ve provided an XML export of the Tasker task below - you simply need to replace the parts surrounded by tildes ~ with your values. You can also use Tasker variables in the parameters fields.

XML for Tasker task to submit to Beeminder API 
<TaskerData sr="" dvi="1" tv="5.2.bf1">
<Task sr="task60">
<cdate>1536523195550</cdate>
<edate>1537846704633</edate>
<id>60</id>
<nme>Submit To Beeminder API</nme>
<pri>100</pri>
<Action sr="act0" ve="7">
<code>554915598</code>
<Bundle sr="arg0">
<Vals sr="val">
<bundle_header></bundle_header>
<bundle_header-type>java.lang.String</bundle_header-type>
<bundle_param>auth_token ~your_token_here~||value ~your_value_here~||daystamp ~datapoint_date_here~||comment ~your_comment_here~</bundle_param>
<bundle_param-type>java.lang.String</bundle_param-type>
<com.freehaha.restask.BASICAUTH></com.freehaha.restask.BASICAUTH>
<com.freehaha.restask.BASICAUTH-type>java.lang.String</com.freehaha.restask.BASICAUTH-type>
<com.freehaha.restask.BODY></com.freehaha.restask.BODY>
<com.freehaha.restask.BODY-type>java.lang.String</com.freehaha.restask.BODY-type>
<com.freehaha.restask.CERT></com.freehaha.restask.CERT>
<com.freehaha.restask.CERT-type>java.lang.String</com.freehaha.restask.CERT-type>
<com.freehaha.restask.CERTPATH>empty</com.freehaha.restask.CERTPATH>
<com.freehaha.restask.CERTPATH-type>java.lang.String</com.freehaha.restask.CERTPATH-type>
<com.freehaha.restask.CHUNKED>n</com.freehaha.restask.CHUNKED>
<com.freehaha.restask.CHUNKED-type>java.lang.String</com.freehaha.restask.CHUNKED-type>
<com.freehaha.restask.COOKIE>%rtck</com.freehaha.restask.COOKIE>
<com.freehaha.restask.COOKIE-type>java.lang.String</com.freehaha.restask.COOKIE-type>
<com.freehaha.restask.COOKIEJAR>restask</com.freehaha.restask.COOKIEJAR>
<com.freehaha.restask.COOKIEJAR-type>java.lang.String</com.freehaha.restask.COOKIEJAR-type>
<com.freehaha.restask.CUSTOMBODY>n</com.freehaha.restask.CUSTOMBODY>
<com.freehaha.restask.CUSTOMBODY-type>java.lang.String</com.freehaha.restask.CUSTOMBODY-type>
<com.freehaha.restask.CUSTOMECERT>n</com.freehaha.restask.CUSTOMECERT>
<com.freehaha.restask.CUSTOMECERT-type>java.lang.String</com.freehaha.restask.CUSTOMECERT-type>
<com.freehaha.restask.HEADER>%rthdr</com.freehaha.restask.HEADER>
<com.freehaha.restask.HEADER-type>java.lang.String</com.freehaha.restask.HEADER-type>
<com.freehaha.restask.HOST><com.freehaha.restask.HOST>https://www.beeminder.com/api/v1/users/me/goals/~yourgoalhere~/datapoints.json</com.freehaha.restask.HOST>
<com.freehaha.restask.HOST-type>java.lang.String</com.freehaha.restask.HOST-type>
<com.freehaha.restask.KEEP_COOKIE>n</com.freehaha.restask.KEEP_COOKIE>
<com.freehaha.restask.KEEP_COOKIE-type>java.lang.String</com.freehaha.restask.KEEP_COOKIE-type>
<com.freehaha.restask.OUTPUT_FILE>beemind_API.out</com.freehaha.restask.OUTPUT_FILE>
<com.freehaha.restask.OUTPUT_FILE-type>java.lang.String</com.freehaha.restask.OUTPUT_FILE-type>
<com.freehaha.restask.REDIRECT>y</com.freehaha.restask.REDIRECT>
<com.freehaha.restask.REDIRECT-type>java.lang.String</com.freehaha.restask.REDIRECT-type>
<com.freehaha.restask.RESPONSE>%rtres</com.freehaha.restask.RESPONSE>
<com.freehaha.restask.RESPONSE-type>java.lang.String</com.freehaha.restask.RESPONSE-type>
<com.freehaha.restask.RETCODE>%rtcode</com.freehaha.restask.RETCODE>
<com.freehaha.restask.RETCODE-type>java.lang.String</com.freehaha.restask.RETCODE-type>
<com.freehaha.restask.SYNCCALL>n</com.freehaha.restask.SYNCCALL>
<com.freehaha.restask.SYNCCALL-type>java.lang.String</com.freehaha.restask.SYNCCALL-type>
<com.freehaha.restask.TIMEOUT>30</com.freehaha.restask.TIMEOUT>
<com.freehaha.restask.TIMEOUT-type>java.lang.String</com.freehaha.restask.TIMEOUT-type>
<com.freehaha.restask.TYPE>POST</com.freehaha.restask.TYPE>
<com.freehaha.restask.TYPE-type>java.lang.String</com.freehaha.restask.TYPE-type>
<com.twofortyfouram.locale.intent.extra.BLURB>REST call</com.twofortyfouram.locale.intent.extra.BLURB>
<com.twofortyfouram.locale.intent.extra.BLURB-type>java.lang.String</com.twofortyfouram.locale.intent.extra.BLURB-type>
<net.dinglisch.android.tasker.RELEVANT_VARIABLES>&lt;StringArray sr=""&gt;&lt;_array_net.dinglisch.android.tasker.RELEVANT_VARIABLES0&gt;%rtcode
Response code&lt;/_array_net.dinglisch.android.tasker.RELEVANT_VARIABLES0&gt;&lt;_array_net.dinglisch.android.tasker.RELEVANT_VARIABLES1&gt;%rtres
Response body&lt;/_array_net.dinglisch.android.tasker.RELEVANT_VARIABLES1&gt;&lt;/StringArray&gt;</net.dinglisch.android.tasker.RELEVANT_VARIABLES>
<net.dinglisch.android.tasker.RELEVANT_VARIABLES-type>[Ljava.lang.String;</net.dinglisch.android.tasker.RELEVANT_VARIABLES-type>
<net.dinglisch.android.tasker.extras.VARIABLE_REPLACE_KEYS>com.freehaha.restask.TYPE com.freehaha.restask.HOST com.freehaha.restask.TIMEOUT com.freehaha.restask.BASICAUTH com.freehaha.restask.CUSTOMBODY com.freehaha.restask.BODY com.freehaha.restask.CUSTOMECERT com.freehaha.restask.CERTPATH com.freehaha.restask.SYNCCALL com.freehaha.restask.HEADER com.freehaha.restask.COOKIE com.freehaha.restask.COOKIEJAR com.freehaha.restask.KEEP_COOKIE com.freehaha.restask.REDIRECT com.freehaha.restask.CHUNKED com.freehaha.restask.OUTPUT_FILE bundle_param bundle_header</net.dinglisch.android.tasker.extras.VARIABLE_REPLACE_KEYS>
<net.dinglisch.android.tasker.extras.VARIABLE_REPLACE_KEYS-type>java.lang.String</net.dinglisch.android.tasker.extras.VARIABLE_REPLACE_KEYS-type>
<net.dinglisch.android.tasker.subbundled>true</net.dinglisch.android.tasker.subbundled>
<net.dinglisch.android.tasker.subbundled-type>java.lang.Boolean</net.dinglisch.android.tasker.subbundled-type>
</Vals>
</Bundle>
<Str sr="arg1" ve="3">com.freehaha.restask</Str>
<Str sr="arg2" ve="3">com.freehaha.restask.EditActivity</Str>
<Int sr="arg3" val="30"/>
</Action>
</Task>
</TaskerData>