C# UWP/WinRT Google Calendar: Create (Insert) a Calendar

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Creates a new calendar. (i.e. Adds an entry to the user's calendar list.)

Documentation: https://developers.google.com/google-apps/calendar/v3/reference/calendarList/insert

Chilkat.Rest rest = new Chilkat.Rest();
bool success;

//   Provide a previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
Chilkat.OAuth2 oauth2 = new Chilkat.OAuth2();
oauth2.AccessToken = "OAUTH2_ACCESS_TOKEN";
rest.SetAuthOAuth2(oauth2);

success = await rest.ConnectAsync("www.googleapis.com",443,true,true);
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  The following code creates the JSON request body.
//  The JSON created by this code is shown below.
Chilkat.JsonObject jsonReq = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
jsonReq.UpdateString("summary","test calendar abc");

Chilkat.StringBuilder sbReq = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
jsonReq.EmitSb(sbReq);

rest.AddHeader("Content-Type","application/json");

Chilkat.StringBuilder sbJson = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
success = await rest.FullRequestSbAsync("POST","/calendar/v3/calendars",sbReq,sbJson);
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

if (rest.ResponseStatusCode != 200) {
    Debug.WriteLine("Received error response code: " + Convert.ToString(rest.ResponseStatusCode));
    Debug.WriteLine("Response body:");
    Debug.WriteLine(sbJson.GetAsString());
    return;
}

Chilkat.JsonObject json = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
json.LoadSb(sbJson);

//  The following code parses the JSON response.
//  A sample JSON response is shown below the sample code.
string kind;
string etag;
string id;
string summary;

kind = json.StringOf("kind");
etag = json.StringOf("etag");
id = json.StringOf("id");
summary = json.StringOf("summary");

Debug.WriteLine("Example Completed.");

Sample JSON Request Body

  {
   "summary": "test calendar abc"
  }
  

Sample JSON Response Body

{
  "kind": "calendar#calendar",
  "etag": "\"BKjXnZpXR6E5ueFWG3UJk-2POYg/jb82ZwCZzTu1P_p3WnVVxDoJTeI\"",
  "id": "chilkatcloud.com_he3bfm0ljrl7p427u8vjmg9afo@group.calendar.google.com",
  "summary": "test calendar abc"
}