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Google Sheets - Create a New Spreadsheet

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Demonstrates how to create a new and empty spreadsheet.

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-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    DECLARE @iTmp0 int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 0

    -- This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    -- See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    -- This example uses a previously obtained access token having permission for the 
    -- Google Sheets scope.

    -- In this example, Get Google Sheets OAuth2 Access Token, the access
    -- token was saved to a JSON file.  This example fetches the access token from the file..
    DECLARE @jsonToken int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @jsonToken OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonToken, 'LoadFile', @success OUT, 'qa_data/tokens/googleSheets.json'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonToken, 'HasMember', @iTmp0 OUT, 'access_token'
    IF @iTmp0 = 0
      BEGIN

        PRINT 'No access token found.'
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonToken
        RETURN
      END
    DECLARE @http int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Http', @http OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @jsonToken, 'StringOf', @sTmp0 OUT, 'access_token'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @http, 'AuthToken', @sTmp0

    -- Create the following JSON:
    -- The JSON code can be generated using this online tool:  Generate JSON create code
    -- {
    --   "sheets": [
    --     {
    --       "properties": {
    --         "title": "Sample Tab"
    --       }
    --     }
    --   ],
    --   "properties": {
    --     "title": "Create Spreadsheet using Sheets API v4"
    --   }
    -- }

    -- This code generates the above JSON:
    DECLARE @json int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.JsonObject', @json OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'sheets[0].properties.title', 'Sample Tab'
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'UpdateString', @success OUT, 'properties.title', 'Create Spreadsheet using Sheets API v4'

    -- Send the POST to create the new Google spreadsheet.
    DECLARE @resp int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.HttpResponse', @resp OUT

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @http, 'HttpJson', @success OUT, 'POST', 'https://sheets.googleapis.com/v4/spreadsheets', @json, 'application/json', @resp
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @http, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonToken
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @resp
        RETURN
      END


    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @resp, 'StatusCode', @iTmp0 OUT
    PRINT 'response status code = ' + @iTmp0

    PRINT 'response JSON:'

    EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @resp, 'BodyStr', @sTmp0 OUT
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'Load', @success OUT, @sTmp0
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @json, 'EmitCompact', 0
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'Emit', @sTmp0 OUT
    PRINT @sTmp0

    -- A sample response is shown below.
    -- To generate the parsing source code for a JSON response, paste
    -- the JSON into this online tool: Generate JSON parsing code

    -- {
    --   "spreadsheetId": "1ueEQu3WDBkIAOUhzLnY4zr6JO5SrJx0dQ-YkQlUVYD0",
    --   "properties": {
    --     "title": "Create Spreadsheet using Sheets API v4",
    --     "locale": "en_US",
    --     "autoRecalc": "ON_CHANGE",
    --     "timeZone": "Etc/GMT",
    --     "defaultFormat": {
    --       "backgroundColor": {
    --         "red": 1,
    --         "green": 1,
    --         "blue": 1
    --       },
    --       "padding": {
    --         "top": 2,
    --         "right": 3,
    --         "bottom": 2,
    --         "left": 3
    --       },
    --       "verticalAlignment": "BOTTOM",
    --       "wrapStrategy": "OVERFLOW_CELL",
    --       "textFormat": {
    --         "foregroundColor": {},
    --         "fontFamily": "arial,sans,sans-serif",
    --         "fontSize": 10,
    --         "bold": false,
    --         "italic": false,
    --         "strikethrough": false,
    --         "underline": false
    --       }
    --     }
    --   },
    --   "sheets": [
    --     {
    --       "properties": {
    --         "sheetId": 1629642057,
    --         "title": "Sample Tab",
    --         "index": 0,
    --         "sheetType": "GRID",
    --         "gridProperties": {
    --           "rowCount": 1000,
    --           "columnCount": 26
    --         }
    --       }
    --     }
    --   ],
    --   "spreadsheetUrl": "https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ueEQu3WDBkIAOUhzLnY4zr6JO5SrJx0dQ-YkQlUVYD0/edit"
    -- }
    -- 

    DECLARE @i int

    DECLARE @count_i int

    DECLARE @spreadsheetId nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @spreadsheetId OUT, 'spreadsheetId'
    DECLARE @propertiesTitle nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @propertiesTitle OUT, 'properties.title'
    DECLARE @propertiesLocale nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @propertiesLocale OUT, 'properties.locale'
    DECLARE @propertiesAutoRecalc nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @propertiesAutoRecalc OUT, 'properties.autoRecalc'
    DECLARE @propertiesTimeZone nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @propertiesTimeZone OUT, 'properties.timeZone'
    DECLARE @propertiesDefaultFormatBackgroundColorRed int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'IntOf', @propertiesDefaultFormatBackgroundColorRed OUT, 'properties.defaultFormat.backgroundColor.red'
    DECLARE @propertiesDefaultFormatBackgroundColorGreen int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'IntOf', @propertiesDefaultFormatBackgroundColorGreen OUT, 'properties.defaultFormat.backgroundColor.green'
    DECLARE @propertiesDefaultFormatBackgroundColorBlue int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'IntOf', @propertiesDefaultFormatBackgroundColorBlue OUT, 'properties.defaultFormat.backgroundColor.blue'
    DECLARE @propertiesDefaultFormatPaddingTop int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'IntOf', @propertiesDefaultFormatPaddingTop OUT, 'properties.defaultFormat.padding.top'
    DECLARE @propertiesDefaultFormatPaddingRight int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'IntOf', @propertiesDefaultFormatPaddingRight OUT, 'properties.defaultFormat.padding.right'
    DECLARE @propertiesDefaultFormatPaddingBottom int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'IntOf', @propertiesDefaultFormatPaddingBottom OUT, 'properties.defaultFormat.padding.bottom'
    DECLARE @propertiesDefaultFormatPaddingLeft int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'IntOf', @propertiesDefaultFormatPaddingLeft OUT, 'properties.defaultFormat.padding.left'
    DECLARE @propertiesDefaultFormatVerticalAlignment nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @propertiesDefaultFormatVerticalAlignment OUT, 'properties.defaultFormat.verticalAlignment'
    DECLARE @propertiesDefaultFormatWrapStrategy nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @propertiesDefaultFormatWrapStrategy OUT, 'properties.defaultFormat.wrapStrategy'
    DECLARE @propertiesDefaultFormatTextFormatFontFamily nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @propertiesDefaultFormatTextFormatFontFamily OUT, 'properties.defaultFormat.textFormat.fontFamily'
    DECLARE @propertiesDefaultFormatTextFormatFontSize int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'IntOf', @propertiesDefaultFormatTextFormatFontSize OUT, 'properties.defaultFormat.textFormat.fontSize'
    DECLARE @propertiesDefaultFormatTextFormatBold int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'BoolOf', @propertiesDefaultFormatTextFormatBold OUT, 'properties.defaultFormat.textFormat.bold'
    DECLARE @propertiesDefaultFormatTextFormatItalic int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'BoolOf', @propertiesDefaultFormatTextFormatItalic OUT, 'properties.defaultFormat.textFormat.italic'
    DECLARE @propertiesDefaultFormatTextFormatStrikethrough int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'BoolOf', @propertiesDefaultFormatTextFormatStrikethrough OUT, 'properties.defaultFormat.textFormat.strikethrough'
    DECLARE @propertiesDefaultFormatTextFormatUnderline int
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'BoolOf', @propertiesDefaultFormatTextFormatUnderline OUT, 'properties.defaultFormat.textFormat.underline'
    DECLARE @spreadsheetUrl nvarchar(4000)
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @spreadsheetUrl OUT, 'spreadsheetUrl'
    SELECT @i = 0
    EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'SizeOfArray', @count_i OUT, 'sheets'
    WHILE (@i < @count_i)
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OASetProperty @json, 'I', @i
        DECLARE @propertiesSheetId int
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'IntOf', @propertiesSheetId OUT, 'sheets[i].properties.sheetId'
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @propertiesTitle OUT, 'sheets[i].properties.title'
        DECLARE @propertiesIndex int
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'IntOf', @propertiesIndex OUT, 'sheets[i].properties.index'
        DECLARE @propertiesSheetType nvarchar(4000)
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'StringOf', @propertiesSheetType OUT, 'sheets[i].properties.sheetType'
        DECLARE @propertiesGridPropertiesRowCount int
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'IntOf', @propertiesGridPropertiesRowCount OUT, 'sheets[i].properties.gridProperties.rowCount'
        DECLARE @propertiesGridPropertiesColumnCount int
        EXEC sp_OAMethod @json, 'IntOf', @propertiesGridPropertiesColumnCount OUT, 'sheets[i].properties.gridProperties.columnCount'
        SELECT @i = @i + 1
      END

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @jsonToken
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @http
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @json
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @resp


END
GO