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List Events on a Specified Google Calendar

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Demonstrates how to fetch the list of events on a particular Google Calendar. The calendar can be referenced by the calendar ID, or by the keyword "primary".

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const std = @import("std");
const chilkat = @import("chilkat");

pub fn main(init: std.process.Init) !void {
    const alloc = init.arena.allocator();

    // 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 Calendar scope.

    // In this example, Get Google Calendar OAuth2 Access Token, the access
    // token was saved to a JSON file.  This example fetches the access token from the file..
    const json_token = try chilkat.JsonObject.init();
    defer json_token.deinit();
    try json_token.loadFile("qa_data/tokens/googleCalendar.json");
    if (!json_token.hasMember("access_token")) {
        std.debug.print("No access token found.\n", .{});
        return;
    }

    const http = try chilkat.Http.init();
    defer http.deinit();
    http.setAuthToken(try json_token.stringOf(alloc, "access_token"));

    // Let's get the primary calendar.  A calendar ID could have be used instead of "primary".
    http.setUrlVar("calendarId", "primary") catch {};
    const sb_response = try chilkat.StringBuilder.init();
    defer sb_response.deinit();
    http.quickGetSb("https://www.googleapis.com/calendar/v3/calendars/{$calendarId}/events", sb_response) catch {
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try http.getLastErrorText(alloc)});
        return;
    };

    if (http.getLastStatus() != 200) {
        // Note: If a 401 unauthorized response is received, it likely means that the OAuth2 access token needs
        // to be refreshed or re-fetched.
        std.debug.print("Error response status: {d}\n", .{http.getLastStatus()});
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try sb_response.getAsString(alloc)});
        return;
    }

    // A sample JSON response:
    // (Code for parsing the Google Calendar events is shown below.)

    // {
    //  "kind": "calendar#events",
    //  "etag": "\"p32cfpufit76da0g\"",
    //  "summary": "support@chilkatcloud.com",
    //  "updated": "2017-08-10T14:00:27.199Z",
    //  "timeZone": "America/Chicago",
    //  "accessRole": "owner",
    //  "defaultReminders": [
    //   {
    //    "method": "popup",
    //    "minutes": 10
    //   }
    //  ],
    //  "nextSyncToken": "CJj8-fLpzNUCEJj8-fLpzNUCGAU=",
    //  "items": [
    //   {
    //    "kind": "calendar#event",
    //    "etag": "\"3004746854620000\"",
    //    "id": "5jt9fopfg3rr9eftegiuq7gc5k",
    //    "status": "confirmed",
    //    "htmlLink": "https://www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=NWp0OWZvcGZnM3JyOWVmdGVnaXVxN2djNWsgc3VwcG9ydEBjaGlsa2F0Y2xvdWQuY29t",
    //    "created": "2017-08-10T13:57:07.000Z",
    //    "updated": "2017-08-10T13:57:07.310Z",
    //    "summary": "Run 10 miles",
    //    "creator": {
    //     "email": "support@chilkatcloud.com",
    //     "self": true
    //    },
    //    "organizer": {
    //     "email": "support@chilkatcloud.com",
    //     "self": true
    //    },
    //    "start": {
    //     "dateTime": "2017-08-10T12:00:00-05:00"
    //    },
    //    "end": {
    //     "dateTime": "2017-08-10T13:00:00-05:00"
    //    },
    //    "iCalUID": "5jt9fopfg3rr9eftegiuq7gc5k@google.com",
    //    "sequence": 0,
    //    "hangoutLink": "https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/chilkatcloud.com/support?hceid=c3VwcG9ydEBjaGlsa2F0Y2xvdWQuY29t.5jt9fopfg3rr9eftegiuq7gc5k",
    //    "reminders": {
    //     "useDefault": true
    //    }
    //   },
    //   {
    //    "kind": "calendar#event",
    //    "etag": "\"3004746898118000\"",
    //    "id": "7dvh49vd219r3sq7jdueieu8rc",
    //    "status": "confirmed",
    //    "htmlLink": "https://www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=N2R2aDQ5dmQyMTlyM3NxN2pkdWVpZXU4cmMgc3VwcG9ydEBjaGlsa2F0Y2xvdWQuY29t",
    //    "created": "2017-08-10T13:57:29.000Z",
    //    "updated": "2017-08-10T13:57:29.059Z",
    //    "summary": "Eat Giordano's Pizza",
    //    "creator": {
    //     "email": "support@chilkatcloud.com",
    //     "self": true
    //    },
    //    "organizer": {
    //     "email": "support@chilkatcloud.com",
    //     "self": true
    //    },
    //    "start": {
    //     "dateTime": "2017-08-10T15:00:00-05:00"
    //    },
    //    "end": {
    //     "dateTime": "2017-08-10T16:00:00-05:00"
    //    },
    //    "iCalUID": "7dvh49vd219r3sq7jdueieu8rc@google.com",
    //    "sequence": 0,
    //    "hangoutLink": "https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/chilkatcloud.com/support?hceid=c3VwcG9ydEBjaGlsa2F0Y2xvdWQuY29t.7dvh49vd219r3sq7jdueieu8rc",
    //    "reminders": {
    //     "useDefault": true
    //    }
    //   },
    //   {
    //    "kind": "calendar#event",
    //    "etag": "\"3004746915224000\"",
    //    "id": "5btd89ljn07bg3tlgpimcaqrro",
    //    "status": "confirmed",
    //    "htmlLink": "https://www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=NWJ0ZDg5bGpuMDdiZzN0bGdwaW1jYXFycm8gc3VwcG9ydEBjaGlsa2F0Y2xvdWQuY29t",
    //    "created": "2017-08-10T13:57:37.000Z",
    //    "updated": "2017-08-10T13:57:37.612Z",
    //    "summary": "Nap",
    //    "creator": {
    //     "email": "support@chilkatcloud.com",
    //     "self": true
    //    },
    //    "organizer": {
    //     "email": "support@chilkatcloud.com",
    //     "self": true
    //    },
    //    "start": {
    //     "dateTime": "2017-08-10T16:30:00-05:00"
    //    },
    //    "end": {
    //     "dateTime": "2017-08-10T17:30:00-05:00"
    //    },
    //    "iCalUID": "5btd89ljn07bg3tlgpimcaqrro@google.com",
    //    "sequence": 0,
    //    "hangoutLink": "https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/chilkatcloud.com/support?hceid=c3VwcG9ydEBjaGlsa2F0Y2xvdWQuY29t.5btd89ljn07bg3tlgpimcaqrro",
    //    "reminders": {
    //     "useDefault": true
    //    }
    //   }
    //  ]
    // }
    //

    const json = try chilkat.JsonObject.init();
    defer json.deinit();
    json.loadSb(sb_response) catch {};

    const num_events = json.sizeOfArray("items");
    var i: i32 = 0;
    while (i < num_events) {
        json.setI(i);
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try json.stringOf(alloc, "items[i].summary")});
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try json.stringOf(alloc, "items[i].start.dateTime")});
        std.debug.print("{s}\n", .{try json.stringOf(alloc, "items[i].end.dateTime")});
        std.debug.print("--\n", .{});
        i = i + 1;
    }

    // Sample output:

    // Run 10 miles
    // 2017-08-10T12:00:00-05:00
    // 2017-08-10T13:00:00-05:00
    // --
    // Eat Giordano's Pizza
    // 2017-08-10T15:00:00-05:00
    // 2017-08-10T16:00:00-05:00
    // --
    // Nap
    // 2017-08-10T16:30:00-05:00
    // 2017-08-10T17:30:00-05:00
    // --
    //
}