Java Google Calendar: Update (Patch) a Calendar Entry

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Updates an entry on the user's calendar list.
This example updates the "summary" for the calendar having the ID = "chilkatcloud.com_su2u8trmo6rlq2jh6cr9hb032o@group.calendar.google.com". The new summary will be "Party Calendar".

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

import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    CkRest rest = new CkRest();
    boolean success;

    //   Provide a previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
    CkOAuth2 oauth2 = new CkOAuth2();
    oauth2.put_AccessToken("OAUTH2_ACCESS_TOKEN");
    rest.SetAuthOAuth2(oauth2);

    success = rest.Connect("www.googleapis.com",443,true,true);
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  The following code creates the JSON request body.
    //  The JSON created by this code is shown below.
    CkJsonObject jsonReq = new CkJsonObject();
    jsonReq.UpdateString("summary","Party Calendar");

    CkStringBuilder sbReq = new CkStringBuilder();
    jsonReq.EmitSb(sbReq);

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

    CkStringBuilder sbJson = new CkStringBuilder();
    success = rest.FullRequestSb("PATCH","/calendar/v3/calendars/chilkatcloud.com_su2u8trmo6rlq2jh6cr9hb032o@group.calendar.google.com",sbReq,sbJson);
    if (success != true) {
        System.out.println(rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    if (rest.get_ResponseStatusCode() != 200) {
        System.out.println("Received error response code: " + rest.get_ResponseStatusCode());
        System.out.println("Response body:");
        System.out.println(sbJson.getAsString());
        return;
        }

    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
    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;
    String timeZone;

    kind = json.stringOf("kind");
    etag = json.stringOf("etag");
    id = json.stringOf("id");
    summary = json.stringOf("summary");
    timeZone = json.stringOf("timeZone");

    System.out.println("Example Completed.");
  }
}

Sample JSON Request Body

{  
"summary": "Party Calendar" 
}



  

Sample JSON Response Body

{
  "kind": "calendar#calendar",
  "etag": "\"BKjXnZpXR6E5ueFWG3UJk-2POYg/jcCkAVFAjoCovUbrUQlnks64qfY\"",
  "id": "chilkatcloud.com_su2u8trmo6rlq2jh6cr9hb032o@group.calendar.google.com",
  "summary": "Party Calendar",
  "timeZone": "UTC"
}