Is there a way to obtain the task id of a newly created task?

Using the email solution to create a new task works well and the task will appear with it's automated ID number in the relevant project folder.

Is there an easy way (other than manually opening LP and finding the newly created task and using copy and paste) to get the newly created task's ID. I'd like to be able to do this so that the task can be updated automatically from another app without having to go through the manual process of obtaining the task ID first?

      done                                    is this possible?                                  can do if I have the ID

create new task in LP --> ???? get newly created task ID ???? ---> update the newly created task