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Google Sheets - Read a Single Range

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Reads the values stored in the range Sheet1!A1:B5 and returns them in the response.

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Tcl

load ./chilkat.dll

set 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..
set jsonToken [new_CkJsonObject]

set success [CkJsonObject_LoadFile $jsonToken "qa_data/tokens/googleSheets.json"]
if {[CkJsonObject_HasMember $jsonToken "access_token"] == 0} then {
    puts "No access token found."
    delete_CkJsonObject $jsonToken
    exit
}

set http [new_CkHttp]

CkHttp_put_AuthToken $http [CkJsonObject_stringOf $jsonToken "access_token"]
CkHttp_put_SessionLogFilename $http "qa_output/sessionLog.txt"

# Get the cells defined by the range A1:B5
set jsonResponse [CkHttp_quickGetStr $http "https://sheets.googleapis.com/v4/spreadsheets/spreadsheetId/values/Sheet1!A1:B5"]
if {[CkHttp_get_LastMethodSuccess $http] != 1} then {
    puts [CkHttp_lastErrorText $http]
    delete_CkJsonObject $jsonToken
    delete_CkHttp $http
    exit
}

puts "$jsonResponse"

set json [new_CkJsonObject]

CkJsonObject_Load $json $jsonResponse

# 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

# {
#   "range": "Sheet1!A1:B5",
#   "majorDimension": "ROWS",
#   "values": [
#     [
#       "Item",
#       "Cost"
#     ],
#     [
#       "Wheel",
#       "$20.50"
#     ],
#     [
#       "Door",
#       "$15"
#     ],
#     [
#       "Engine",
#       "$100"
#     ],
#     [
#       "Totals",
#       "$135.50"
#     ]
#   ]
# }

set range [CkJsonObject_stringOf $json "range"]
set majorDimension [CkJsonObject_stringOf $json "majorDimension"]
set i 0
set count_i [CkJsonObject_SizeOfArray $json "values"]
while {$i < $count_i} {
    CkJsonObject_put_I $json $i
    set j 0
    set count_j [CkJsonObject_SizeOfArray $json "values[i]"]
    while {$j < $count_j} {
        CkJsonObject_put_J $json $j
        set strVal [CkJsonObject_stringOf $json "values[i][j]"]
        set j [expr $j + 1]
    }
    set i [expr $i + 1]
}

delete_CkJsonObject $jsonToken
delete_CkHttp $http
delete_CkJsonObject $json