Objective-C

Google Sheets - Create a New Spreadsheet

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Demonstrates how to create a new and empty spreadsheet. Objective-C

#import <CkoJsonObject.h>
#import <CkoHttp.h>
#import <CkoHttpResponse.h>
#import <NSString.h>

BOOL success = NO;

//  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..
CkoJsonObject *jsonToken = [[CkoJsonObject alloc] init];
success = [jsonToken LoadFile: @"qa_data/tokens/googleSheets.json"];
if ([jsonToken HasMember: @"access_token"] == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",@"No access token found.");
    return;
}

CkoHttp *http = [[CkoHttp alloc] init];
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:
CkoJsonObject *json = [[CkoJsonObject alloc] init];
[json UpdateString: @"sheets[0].properties.title" value: @"Sample Tab"];
[json UpdateString: @"properties.title" value: @"Create Spreadsheet using Sheets API v4"];

//  Send the POST to create the new Google spreadsheet.
CkoHttpResponse *resp = [[CkoHttpResponse alloc] init];
success = [http HttpJson: @"POST" url: @"https://sheets.googleapis.com/v4/spreadsheets" json: json contentType: @"application/json" response: resp];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

NSLog(@"%@%d",@"response status code = ",[resp.StatusCode intValue]);
NSLog(@"%@",@"response JSON:");

[json Load: resp.BodyStr];
json.EmitCompact = NO;
NSLog(@"%@",[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"
//  }
//  

int i;
int count_i;

NSString *spreadsheetId = [json StringOf: @"spreadsheetId"];
NSString *propertiesTitle = [json StringOf: @"properties.title"];
NSString *propertiesLocale = [json StringOf: @"properties.locale"];
NSString *propertiesAutoRecalc = [json StringOf: @"properties.autoRecalc"];
NSString *propertiesTimeZone = [json StringOf: @"properties.timeZone"];
int propertiesDefaultFormatBackgroundColorRed = [[json IntOf: @"properties.defaultFormat.backgroundColor.red"] intValue];
int propertiesDefaultFormatBackgroundColorGreen = [[json IntOf: @"properties.defaultFormat.backgroundColor.green"] intValue];
int propertiesDefaultFormatBackgroundColorBlue = [[json IntOf: @"properties.defaultFormat.backgroundColor.blue"] intValue];
int propertiesDefaultFormatPaddingTop = [[json IntOf: @"properties.defaultFormat.padding.top"] intValue];
int propertiesDefaultFormatPaddingRight = [[json IntOf: @"properties.defaultFormat.padding.right"] intValue];
int propertiesDefaultFormatPaddingBottom = [[json IntOf: @"properties.defaultFormat.padding.bottom"] intValue];
int propertiesDefaultFormatPaddingLeft = [[json IntOf: @"properties.defaultFormat.padding.left"] intValue];
NSString *propertiesDefaultFormatVerticalAlignment = [json StringOf: @"properties.defaultFormat.verticalAlignment"];
NSString *propertiesDefaultFormatWrapStrategy = [json StringOf: @"properties.defaultFormat.wrapStrategy"];
NSString *propertiesDefaultFormatTextFormatFontFamily = [json StringOf: @"properties.defaultFormat.textFormat.fontFamily"];
int propertiesDefaultFormatTextFormatFontSize = [[json IntOf: @"properties.defaultFormat.textFormat.fontSize"] intValue];
BOOL propertiesDefaultFormatTextFormatBold = [json BoolOf: @"properties.defaultFormat.textFormat.bold"];
BOOL propertiesDefaultFormatTextFormatItalic = [json BoolOf: @"properties.defaultFormat.textFormat.italic"];
BOOL propertiesDefaultFormatTextFormatStrikethrough = [json BoolOf: @"properties.defaultFormat.textFormat.strikethrough"];
BOOL propertiesDefaultFormatTextFormatUnderline = [json BoolOf: @"properties.defaultFormat.textFormat.underline"];
NSString *spreadsheetUrl = [json StringOf: @"spreadsheetUrl"];
i = 0;
count_i = [[json SizeOfArray: @"sheets"] intValue];
while ((i < count_i)) {
    json.I = [NSNumber numberWithInt: i];
    int propertiesSheetId = [[json IntOf: @"sheets[i].properties.sheetId"] intValue];
    propertiesTitle = [json StringOf: @"sheets[i].properties.title"];
    int propertiesIndex = [[json IntOf: @"sheets[i].properties.index"] intValue];
    NSString *propertiesSheetType = [json StringOf: @"sheets[i].properties.sheetType"];
    int propertiesGridPropertiesRowCount = [[json IntOf: @"sheets[i].properties.gridProperties.rowCount"] intValue];
    int propertiesGridPropertiesColumnCount = [[json IntOf: @"sheets[i].properties.gridProperties.columnCount"] intValue];
    i = i + 1;
}