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Perl

Get a Google Calendar

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Demonstrates how to get a particular Google Calendar. The calendar can be referenced by the calendar ID, or by the keyword "primary".

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Perl
use chilkat();

$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 Calendar scope.

# In this example, Get Google Calendar OAuth2 Access Token, the access
# token was saved to a JSON file.  This example fetches the access token from the file..
$jsonToken = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$success = $jsonToken->LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/googleCalendar.json");
if ($jsonToken->HasMember("access_token") == 0) {
    print "No access token found." . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$http = chilkat::CkHttp->new();
$http->put_AuthToken($jsonToken->stringOf("access_token"));

# Let's get the primary calendar.
$jsonResponse = $http->quickGetStr("https://www.googleapis.com/calendar/v3/users/me/calendarList/primary");
if ($http->get_LastMethodSuccess() != 1) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print $jsonResponse . "\r\n";

# A sample response is:

# {
#  "kind": "calendar#calendarListEntry",
#  "etag": "\"1465249947472000\"",
#  "id": "support@chilkatcloud.com",
#  "summary": "support@chilkatcloud.com",
#  "timeZone": "America/Chicago",
#  "colorId": "14",
#  "backgroundColor": "#9fe1e7",
#  "foregroundColor": "#000000",
#  "selected": true,
#  "accessRole": "owner",
#  "defaultReminders": [
#   {
#    "method": "popup",
#    "minutes": 10
#   }
#  ],
#  "notificationSettings": {
#   "notifications": [
#    {
#     "type": "eventCreation",
#     "method": "email"
#    },
#    {
#     "type": "eventChange",
#     "method": "email"
#    },
#    {
#     "type": "eventCancellation",
#     "method": "email"
#    },
#    {
#     "type": "eventResponse",
#     "method": "email"
#    }
#   ]
#  },
#  "primary": true
# }

# It can be parsed like this:
$json = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$json->Load($jsonResponse);

print "kind: " . $json->stringOf("kind") . "\r\n";
print "id: " . $json->stringOf("id") . "\r\n";

# Examine the notification settings, if any..
$numSettings = $json->SizeOfArray("notificationSettings.notifications");
if ($numSettings > 0) {
    $i = 0;
    while ($i < $numSettings) {
        $json->put_I($i);
        print "Notification Type: " . $json->stringOf("notificationSettings.notifications[i].type") . "\r\n";
        print "Notification Method: " . $json->stringOf("notificationSettings.notifications[i].method") . "\r\n";
        $i = $i + 1;
    }

}