(Ruby) Google Sheets - Create a New Spreadsheet

Demonstrates how to create a new and empty spreadsheet.

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require '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") == false)
    print "No access token found." + "\n";
    exit
end

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 CkHttpResponse
resp = http.PostJson3("https://sheets.googleapis.com/v4/spreadsheets","application/json",json)
if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true)
    print http.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

print "response status code = " + resp.get_StatusCode().to_s() + "\n";
print "response JSON:" + "\n";

json.Load(resp.bodyStr())
json.put_EmitCompact(false)
print json.emit() + "\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
end