(Perl) Google Sheets - Create a New Spreadsheet

Demonstrates how to create a new and empty spreadsheet.

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use chilkat();

#  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 is a HttpResponse
$resp = $http->PostJson3("https://sheets.googleapis.com/v4/spreadsheets","application/json",$json);
if ($http->get_LastMethodSuccess() != 1) {
    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;
}