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Google Sheets - Create a New Spreadsheet

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Demonstrates how to create a new and empty spreadsheet.

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<?php

$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 = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$success = $jsonToken->LoadFile('qa_data/tokens/googleSheets.json');
if ($jsonToken->HasMember('access_token') == 0) {
    print 'No access token found.' . "\n";
    exit;
}

$http = new COM("Chilkat.Http");
$http->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 = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$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 = new COM("Chilkat.HttpResponse");
$success = $http->HttpJson('POST','https://sheets.googleapis.com/v4/spreadsheets',$json,'application/json',$resp);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $http->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'response status code = ' . $resp->StatusCode . "\n";
print 'response JSON:' . "\n";

$json->Load($resp->BodyStr);
$json->EmitCompact = 0;
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->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;
}


?>