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(Excel) Google Sheets - Create a New Spreadsheet

Demonstrates how to create a new and empty spreadsheet.

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'  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..
Dim jsonToken As Chilkat.JsonObject
Set jsonToken = Chilkat.NewJsonObject

success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/googleSheets.json")
If (jsonToken.HasMember("access_token") = False) Then
    Debug.Print "No access token found."
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim http As Chilkat.Http
Set http = Chilkat.NewHttp
http.AuthToken = jsonToken.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:
Dim json As Chilkat.JsonObject
Set json = Chilkat.NewJsonObject
success = json.UpdateString("sheets[0].properties.title","Sample Tab")
success = json.UpdateString("properties.title","Create Spreadsheet using Sheets API v4")

'  Send the POST to create the new Google spreadsheet.

Set resp = http.PostJson3("https://sheets.googleapis.com/v4/spreadsheets","application/json",json)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    Debug.Print http.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print "response status code = "; resp.StatusCode
Debug.Print "response JSON:"

success = json.Load(resp.BodyStr)
json.EmitCompact = False
Debug.Print json.Emit()

'  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 = json.StringOf("spreadsheetId")

propertiesTitle = json.StringOf("properties.title")

propertiesLocale = json.StringOf("properties.locale")

propertiesAutoRecalc = json.StringOf("properties.autoRecalc")

propertiesTimeZone = json.StringOf("properties.timeZone")

propertiesDefaultFormatBackgroundColorRed = json.IntOf("properties.defaultFormat.backgroundColor.red")

propertiesDefaultFormatBackgroundColorGreen = json.IntOf("properties.defaultFormat.backgroundColor.green")

propertiesDefaultFormatBackgroundColorBlue = json.IntOf("properties.defaultFormat.backgroundColor.blue")

propertiesDefaultFormatPaddingTop = json.IntOf("properties.defaultFormat.padding.top")

propertiesDefaultFormatPaddingRight = json.IntOf("properties.defaultFormat.padding.right")

propertiesDefaultFormatPaddingBottom = json.IntOf("properties.defaultFormat.padding.bottom")

propertiesDefaultFormatPaddingLeft = json.IntOf("properties.defaultFormat.padding.left")

propertiesDefaultFormatVerticalAlignment = json.StringOf("properties.defaultFormat.verticalAlignment")

propertiesDefaultFormatWrapStrategy = json.StringOf("properties.defaultFormat.wrapStrategy")

propertiesDefaultFormatTextFormatFontFamily = json.StringOf("properties.defaultFormat.textFormat.fontFamily")

propertiesDefaultFormatTextFormatFontSize = json.IntOf("properties.defaultFormat.textFormat.fontSize")

propertiesDefaultFormatTextFormatBold = json.BoolOf("properties.defaultFormat.textFormat.bold")

propertiesDefaultFormatTextFormatItalic = json.BoolOf("properties.defaultFormat.textFormat.italic")

propertiesDefaultFormatTextFormatStrikethrough = json.BoolOf("properties.defaultFormat.textFormat.strikethrough")

propertiesDefaultFormatTextFormatUnderline = json.BoolOf("properties.defaultFormat.textFormat.underline")

spreadsheetUrl = json.StringOf("spreadsheetUrl")
i = 0
count_i = json.SizeOfArray("sheets")
Do While (i < count_i)
    json.I = i

    propertiesSheetId = json.IntOf("sheets[i].properties.sheetId")
    propertiesTitle = json.StringOf("sheets[i].properties.title")

    propertiesIndex = json.IntOf("sheets[i].properties.index")

    propertiesSheetType = json.StringOf("sheets[i].properties.sheetType")

    propertiesGridPropertiesRowCount = json.IntOf("sheets[i].properties.gridProperties.rowCount")

    propertiesGridPropertiesColumnCount = json.IntOf("sheets[i].properties.gridProperties.columnCount")
    i = i + 1
Loop

 

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