Perl

Google Sheets - Create a New Spreadsheet

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Demonstrates how to create a new and empty spreadsheet. 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 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 = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$success = $jsonToken->LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/googleSheets.json");
if ($jsonToken->HasMember("access_token") == 0) {
    print "No access token found." . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

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

# 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 = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$json->UpdateString("sheets[0].properties.title","Sample Tab");
$json->UpdateString("properties.title","Create Spreadsheet using Sheets API v4");

# Send the POST to create the new Google spreadsheet.
$resp = chilkat::CkHttpResponse->new();
$success = $http->HttpJson("POST","https://sheets.googleapis.com/v4/spreadsheets",$json,"application/json",$resp);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

print "response status code = " . $resp->get_StatusCode() . "\r\n";
print "response JSON:" . "\r\n";

$json->Load($resp->bodyStr());
$json->put_EmitCompact(0);
print $json->emit() . "\r\n";

# 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 = $json->SizeOfArray("sheets");
while (($i < $count_i)) {
    $json->put_I($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;
}