diff --git a/appengine/flexible/tasks/README.md b/appengine/flexible/tasks/README.md
index b0bc11b8c78..303fbfcfcaf 100644
--- a/appengine/flexible/tasks/README.md
+++ b/appengine/flexible/tasks/README.md
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-# Google Cloud Tasks App Engine Queue Samples
+# Google Cloud Tasks Samples
 
 [![Open in Cloud Shell][shell_img]][shell_link]
 
 [shell_img]: http://gstatic.com/cloudssh/images/open-btn.png
 [shell_link]: https://console.cloud.google.com/cloudshell/open?git_repo=https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/python-docs-samples&page=editor&open_in_editor=appengine/flexible/tasks/README.md
 
-Sample command-line program for interacting with the Cloud Tasks API
-using App Engine queues.
+Sample command-line programs for interacting with the Cloud Tasks API
+.
 
 App Engine queues push tasks to an App Engine HTTP target. This directory
 contains both the App Engine app to deploy, as well as the snippets to run
@@ -45,9 +45,14 @@ version unless configured to do otherwise.
 
 Deploy the App Engine app with gcloud:
 
-```
-gcloud app deploy
-```
+* To deploy to the Standard environment:
+  ```
+  gcloud app deploy app.yaml
+  ```
+* To deploy to the Flexible environment:
+  ```
+  gcloud app deploy app.flexible.yaml
+  ```
 
 Verify the index page is serving:
 
@@ -89,23 +94,31 @@ location is "us-central1").
 ```
 export LOCATION_ID=us-central1
 ```
-
-Running the sample will create a task, targeted at the 'example_task_handler'
+### Using App Engine Queues
+Running the sample will create a task, targeted at the `/example_task_handler`
 endpoint, with a payload specified:
 
 ```
 python create_app_engine_queue_task.py --project=$PROJECT_ID --queue=$QUEUE_ID --location=$LOCATION_ID --payload=hello
 ```
 
-Now view that the payload was received and verify the payload:
+### Using HTTP Push Queues
 
+Set an environment variable for the endpoint to your task handler. This is an
+example url to send requests to the App Engine task handler:
 ```
-gcloud app logs read
+export URL=https://<project_id>.appspot.com/example_task_handler
+```
+
+Running the sample will create a task and send the task to the specific URL
+endpoint, with a payload specified:
+
+```
+python create_http_task.py --project=$PROJECT_ID --queue=$QUEUE_ID --location=$LOCATION_ID --url=$URL --payload=hello
 ```
 
-Create a task that will be scheduled for a time in the future using the
-`--in_seconds` flag:
+Now view that the payload was received and verify the payload:
 
 ```
-python create_app_engine_queue_task.py --project=$PROJECT_ID --queue=$QUEUE_ID --location=$LOCATION_ID --payload=hello --in_seconds=30
+gcloud app logs read
 ```
diff --git a/appengine/flexible/tasks/app.flexible.yaml b/appengine/flexible/tasks/app.flexible.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fdc2d9a1d4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appengine/flexible/tasks/app.flexible.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Copyright 2019 Google LLC All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+runtime: python
+env: flex
+entrypoint: gunicorn -b :$PORT --threads=4 main:app
+
+runtime_config:
+  python_version: 3
diff --git a/appengine/flexible/tasks/app.yaml b/appengine/flexible/tasks/app.yaml
index 8bc4a9bb9c8..620fcb3a3dc 100644
--- a/appengine/flexible/tasks/app.yaml
+++ b/appengine/flexible/tasks/app.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2018 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+# Copyright 2019 Google LLC All Rights Reserved.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -12,9 +12,4 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-runtime: python
-env: flex
-entrypoint: gunicorn -b :$PORT main:app
-
-runtime_config:
-  python_version: 3
+runtime: python37
diff --git a/appengine/flexible/tasks/create_app_engine_queue_task.py b/appengine/flexible/tasks/create_app_engine_queue_task.py
index a9fb345756f..71db1cae288 100644
--- a/appengine/flexible/tasks/create_app_engine_queue_task.py
+++ b/appengine/flexible/tasks/create_app_engine_queue_task.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2018 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+# Copyright 2019 Google LLC All Rights Reserved.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/appengine/flexible/tasks/create_app_engine_queue_task_test.py b/appengine/flexible/tasks/create_app_engine_queue_task_test.py
index bbafd7f415f..39edff12993 100644
--- a/appengine/flexible/tasks/create_app_engine_queue_task_test.py
+++ b/appengine/flexible/tasks/create_app_engine_queue_task_test.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2018 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+# Copyright 2019 Google LLC All Rights Reserved.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/appengine/flexible/tasks/create_http_task.py b/appengine/flexible/tasks/create_http_task.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6ff3a6a2cfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appengine/flexible/tasks/create_http_task.py
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+# Copyright 2019 Google LLC All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from __future__ import print_function
+
+import argparse
+import datetime
+
+
+def create_http_task(project,
+                     queue,
+                     location,
+                     url,
+                     payload=None,
+                     in_seconds=None):
+    # [START cloud_tasks_create_http_task]
+    """Create a task for a given queue with an arbitrary payload."""
+
+    from google.cloud import tasks_v2beta3
+    from google.protobuf import timestamp_pb2
+
+    # Create a client.
+    client = tasks_v2beta3.CloudTasksClient()
+
+    # TODO(developer): Uncomment these lines and replace with your values.
+    # project = 'my-project-id'
+    # queue = 'my-appengine-queue'
+    # location = 'us-central1'
+    # url = 'https://<project-id>.appspot.com/example_task_handler'
+    # payload = 'hello'
+
+    # Construct the fully qualified queue name.
+    parent = client.queue_path(project, location, queue)
+
+    # Construct the request body.
+    task = {
+            'http_request': {  # Specify the type of request.
+                'http_method': 'POST',
+                'url': url  # The full url path that the task will be sent to.
+            }
+    }
+    if payload is not None:
+        # The API expects a payload of type bytes.
+        converted_payload = payload.encode()
+
+        # Add the payload to the request.
+        task['http_request']['body'] = converted_payload
+
+    if in_seconds is not None:
+        # Convert "seconds from now" into an rfc3339 datetime string.
+        d = datetime.datetime.utcnow() + datetime.timedelta(seconds=in_seconds)
+
+        # Create Timestamp protobuf.
+        timestamp = timestamp_pb2.Timestamp()
+        timestamp.FromDatetime(d)
+
+        # Add the timestamp to the tasks.
+        task['schedule_time'] = timestamp
+
+    # Use the client to build and send the task.
+    response = client.create_task(parent, task)
+
+    print('Created task {}'.format(response.name))
+    return response
+# [END cloud_tasks_create_http_task]
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description=create_http_task.__doc__,
+        formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter)
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--project',
+        help='Project of the queue to add the task to.',
+        required=True,
+    )
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--queue',
+        help='ID (short name) of the queue to add the task to.',
+        required=True,
+    )
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--location',
+        help='Location of the queue to add the task to.',
+        required=True,
+    )
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--url',
+        help='The full url path that the request will be sent to.',
+        required=True,
+    )
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--payload',
+        help='Optional payload to attach to the push queue.'
+    )
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--in_seconds', type=int,
+        help='The number of seconds from now to schedule task attempt.'
+    )
+
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    create_http_task(
+        args.project, args.queue, args.location, args.url,
+        args.payload, args.in_seconds)
diff --git a/appengine/flexible/tasks/create_http_task_test.py b/appengine/flexible/tasks/create_http_task_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d452fb771cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appengine/flexible/tasks/create_http_task_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Copyright 2019 Google LLC All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import os
+
+import create_http_task
+
+TEST_PROJECT_ID = os.getenv('GCLOUD_PROJECT')
+TEST_LOCATION = os.getenv('TEST_QUEUE_LOCATION', 'us-central1')
+TEST_QUEUE_NAME = os.getenv('TEST_QUEUE_NAME', 'my-appengine-queue')
+
+
+def test_create_task():
+    url = 'https://' + TEST_PROJECT_ID + '.appspot.com/example_task_handler'
+    result = create_http_task.create_http_task(
+        TEST_PROJECT_ID, TEST_QUEUE_NAME, TEST_LOCATION, url)
+    assert TEST_QUEUE_NAME in result.name
diff --git a/appengine/flexible/tasks/main.py b/appengine/flexible/tasks/main.py
index 74b4e39d2e1..5af1777595a 100644
--- a/appengine/flexible/tasks/main.py
+++ b/appengine/flexible/tasks/main.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2018 Google Inc.
+# Copyright 2019 Google LLC
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/appengine/flexible/tasks/main_test.py b/appengine/flexible/tasks/main_test.py
index 4c24d41eec5..916f911241c 100644
--- a/appengine/flexible/tasks/main_test.py
+++ b/appengine/flexible/tasks/main_test.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2018 Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+# Copyright 2019 Google LLC All Rights Reserved.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.