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Google Sheets - Create a New Spreadsheet

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Demonstrates how to create a new and empty spreadsheet. AutoIt

Local $bSuccess = 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..
$oJsonToken = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
$bSuccess = $oJsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/googleSheets.json")
If ($oJsonToken.HasMember("access_token") = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite("No access token found." & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

$oHttp = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Http")
$oHttp.AuthToken = $oJsonToken.StringOf("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:
$oJson = ObjCreate("Chilkat.JsonObject")
$oJson.UpdateString("sheets[0].properties.title","Sample Tab")
$oJson.UpdateString("properties.title","Create Spreadsheet using Sheets API v4")

;  Send the POST to create the new Google spreadsheet.
$oResp = ObjCreate("Chilkat.HttpResponse")
$bSuccess = $oHttp.HttpJson("POST","https://sheets.googleapis.com/v4/spreadsheets",$oJson,"application/json",$oResp)
If ($bSuccess = False) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oHttp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

ConsoleWrite("response status code = " & $oResp.StatusCode & @CRLF)
ConsoleWrite("response JSON:" & @CRLF)

$oJson.Load($oResp.BodyStr)
$oJson.EmitCompact = False
ConsoleWrite($oJson.Emit() & @CRLF)

;  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"
;  }
;  

Local $i
Local $iCount_i

Local $spreadsheetId = $oJson.StringOf("spreadsheetId")
Local $sPropertiesTitle = $oJson.StringOf("properties.title")
Local $sPropertiesLocale = $oJson.StringOf("properties.locale")
Local $sPropertiesAutoRecalc = $oJson.StringOf("properties.autoRecalc")
Local $sPropertiesTimeZone = $oJson.StringOf("properties.timeZone")
Local $iPropertiesDefaultFormatBackgroundColorRed = $oJson.IntOf("properties.defaultFormat.backgroundColor.red")
Local $iPropertiesDefaultFormatBackgroundColorGreen = $oJson.IntOf("properties.defaultFormat.backgroundColor.green")
Local $iPropertiesDefaultFormatBackgroundColorBlue = $oJson.IntOf("properties.defaultFormat.backgroundColor.blue")
Local $iPropertiesDefaultFormatPaddingTop = $oJson.IntOf("properties.defaultFormat.padding.top")
Local $iPropertiesDefaultFormatPaddingRight = $oJson.IntOf("properties.defaultFormat.padding.right")
Local $iPropertiesDefaultFormatPaddingBottom = $oJson.IntOf("properties.defaultFormat.padding.bottom")
Local $iPropertiesDefaultFormatPaddingLeft = $oJson.IntOf("properties.defaultFormat.padding.left")
Local $sPropertiesDefaultFormatVerticalAlignment = $oJson.StringOf("properties.defaultFormat.verticalAlignment")
Local $sPropertiesDefaultFormatWrapStrategy = $oJson.StringOf("properties.defaultFormat.wrapStrategy")
Local $sPropertiesDefaultFormatTextFormatFontFamily = $oJson.StringOf("properties.defaultFormat.textFormat.fontFamily")
Local $iPropertiesDefaultFormatTextFormatFontSize = $oJson.IntOf("properties.defaultFormat.textFormat.fontSize")
Local $bPropertiesDefaultFormatTextFormatBold = $oJson.BoolOf("properties.defaultFormat.textFormat.bold")
Local $bPropertiesDefaultFormatTextFormatItalic = $oJson.BoolOf("properties.defaultFormat.textFormat.italic")
Local $bPropertiesDefaultFormatTextFormatStrikethrough = $oJson.BoolOf("properties.defaultFormat.textFormat.strikethrough")
Local $bPropertiesDefaultFormatTextFormatUnderline = $oJson.BoolOf("properties.defaultFormat.textFormat.underline")
Local $spreadsheetUrl = $oJson.StringOf("spreadsheetUrl")
$i = 0
$iCount_i = $oJson.SizeOfArray("sheets")
While ($i < $iCount_i)
    $oJson.I = $i
Local $iPropertiesSheetId = $oJson.IntOf("sheets[i].properties.sheetId")
    $sPropertiesTitle = $oJson.StringOf("sheets[i].properties.title")
Local $iPropertiesIndex = $oJson.IntOf("sheets[i].properties.index")
Local $sPropertiesSheetType = $oJson.StringOf("sheets[i].properties.sheetType")
Local $iPropertiesGridPropertiesRowCount = $oJson.IntOf("sheets[i].properties.gridProperties.rowCount")
Local $iPropertiesGridPropertiesColumnCount = $oJson.IntOf("sheets[i].properties.gridProperties.columnCount")
    $i = $i + 1
Wend