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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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C
#include <C_CkJsonObject.h>
#include <C_CkHttp.h>
#include <C_CkHttpResponse.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkJsonObject jsonToken;
    HCkHttp http;
    HCkJsonObject json;
    HCkHttpResponse resp;
    int i;
    int count_i;
    const char *spreadsheetId;
    const char *propertiesTitle;
    const char *propertiesLocale;
    const char *propertiesAutoRecalc;
    const char *propertiesTimeZone;
    int propertiesDefaultFormatBackgroundColorRed;
    int propertiesDefaultFormatBackgroundColorGreen;
    int propertiesDefaultFormatBackgroundColorBlue;
    int propertiesDefaultFormatPaddingTop;
    int propertiesDefaultFormatPaddingRight;
    int propertiesDefaultFormatPaddingBottom;
    int propertiesDefaultFormatPaddingLeft;
    const char *propertiesDefaultFormatVerticalAlignment;
    const char *propertiesDefaultFormatWrapStrategy;
    const char *propertiesDefaultFormatTextFormatFontFamily;
    int propertiesDefaultFormatTextFormatFontSize;
    BOOL propertiesDefaultFormatTextFormatBold;
    BOOL propertiesDefaultFormatTextFormatItalic;
    BOOL propertiesDefaultFormatTextFormatStrikethrough;
    BOOL propertiesDefaultFormatTextFormatUnderline;
    const char *spreadsheetUrl;
    int propertiesSheetId;
    int propertiesIndex;
    const char *propertiesSheetType;
    int propertiesGridPropertiesRowCount;
    int propertiesGridPropertiesColumnCount;

    success = FALSE;

    // 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..
    jsonToken = CkJsonObject_Create();
    success = CkJsonObject_LoadFile(jsonToken,"qa_data/tokens/googleSheets.json");
    if (CkJsonObject_HasMember(jsonToken,"access_token") == FALSE) {
        printf("No access token found.\n");
        CkJsonObject_Dispose(jsonToken);
        return;
    }

    http = CkHttp_Create();
    CkHttp_putAuthToken(http,CkJsonObject_stringOf(jsonToken,"access_token"));

    // 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:
    json = CkJsonObject_Create();
    CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,"sheets[0].properties.title","Sample Tab");
    CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,"properties.title","Create Spreadsheet using Sheets API v4");

    // Send the POST to create the new Google spreadsheet.
    resp = CkHttpResponse_Create();
    success = CkHttp_HttpJson(http,"POST","https://sheets.googleapis.com/v4/spreadsheets",json,"application/json",resp);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkHttp_lastErrorText(http));
        CkJsonObject_Dispose(jsonToken);
        CkHttp_Dispose(http);
        CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
        CkHttpResponse_Dispose(resp);
        return;
    }

    printf("response status code = %d\n",CkHttpResponse_getStatusCode(resp));
    printf("response JSON:\n");

    CkJsonObject_Load(json,CkHttpResponse_bodyStr(resp));
    CkJsonObject_putEmitCompact(json,FALSE);
    printf("%s\n",CkJsonObject_emit(json));

    // 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"
    // }
    // 

    spreadsheetId = CkJsonObject_stringOf(json,"spreadsheetId");
    propertiesTitle = CkJsonObject_stringOf(json,"properties.title");
    propertiesLocale = CkJsonObject_stringOf(json,"properties.locale");
    propertiesAutoRecalc = CkJsonObject_stringOf(json,"properties.autoRecalc");
    propertiesTimeZone = CkJsonObject_stringOf(json,"properties.timeZone");
    propertiesDefaultFormatBackgroundColorRed = CkJsonObject_IntOf(json,"properties.defaultFormat.backgroundColor.red");
    propertiesDefaultFormatBackgroundColorGreen = CkJsonObject_IntOf(json,"properties.defaultFormat.backgroundColor.green");
    propertiesDefaultFormatBackgroundColorBlue = CkJsonObject_IntOf(json,"properties.defaultFormat.backgroundColor.blue");
    propertiesDefaultFormatPaddingTop = CkJsonObject_IntOf(json,"properties.defaultFormat.padding.top");
    propertiesDefaultFormatPaddingRight = CkJsonObject_IntOf(json,"properties.defaultFormat.padding.right");
    propertiesDefaultFormatPaddingBottom = CkJsonObject_IntOf(json,"properties.defaultFormat.padding.bottom");
    propertiesDefaultFormatPaddingLeft = CkJsonObject_IntOf(json,"properties.defaultFormat.padding.left");
    propertiesDefaultFormatVerticalAlignment = CkJsonObject_stringOf(json,"properties.defaultFormat.verticalAlignment");
    propertiesDefaultFormatWrapStrategy = CkJsonObject_stringOf(json,"properties.defaultFormat.wrapStrategy");
    propertiesDefaultFormatTextFormatFontFamily = CkJsonObject_stringOf(json,"properties.defaultFormat.textFormat.fontFamily");
    propertiesDefaultFormatTextFormatFontSize = CkJsonObject_IntOf(json,"properties.defaultFormat.textFormat.fontSize");
    propertiesDefaultFormatTextFormatBold = CkJsonObject_BoolOf(json,"properties.defaultFormat.textFormat.bold");
    propertiesDefaultFormatTextFormatItalic = CkJsonObject_BoolOf(json,"properties.defaultFormat.textFormat.italic");
    propertiesDefaultFormatTextFormatStrikethrough = CkJsonObject_BoolOf(json,"properties.defaultFormat.textFormat.strikethrough");
    propertiesDefaultFormatTextFormatUnderline = CkJsonObject_BoolOf(json,"properties.defaultFormat.textFormat.underline");
    spreadsheetUrl = CkJsonObject_stringOf(json,"spreadsheetUrl");
    i = 0;
    count_i = CkJsonObject_SizeOfArray(json,"sheets");
    while ((i < count_i)) {
        CkJsonObject_putI(json,i);
        propertiesSheetId = CkJsonObject_IntOf(json,"sheets[i].properties.sheetId");
        propertiesTitle = CkJsonObject_stringOf(json,"sheets[i].properties.title");
        propertiesIndex = CkJsonObject_IntOf(json,"sheets[i].properties.index");
        propertiesSheetType = CkJsonObject_stringOf(json,"sheets[i].properties.sheetType");
        propertiesGridPropertiesRowCount = CkJsonObject_IntOf(json,"sheets[i].properties.gridProperties.rowCount");
        propertiesGridPropertiesColumnCount = CkJsonObject_IntOf(json,"sheets[i].properties.gridProperties.columnCount");
        i = i + 1;
    }



    CkJsonObject_Dispose(jsonToken);
    CkHttp_Dispose(http);
    CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
    CkHttpResponse_Dispose(resp);

    }