Objective-C 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

#import <CkoRest.h>
#import <CkoOAuth2.h>
#import <CkoJsonObject.h>
#import <CkoStringBuilder.h>
#import <NSString.h>

CkoRest *rest = [[CkoRest alloc] init];
BOOL success;

//   Provide a previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
CkoOAuth2 *oauth2 = [[CkoOAuth2 alloc] init];
oauth2.AccessToken = @"OAUTH2_ACCESS_TOKEN";
[rest SetAuthOAuth2: oauth2];

success = [rest Connect: @"www.googleapis.com" port: [NSNumber numberWithInt: 443] tls: YES autoReconnect: YES];
if (success != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@",rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  The following code creates the JSON request body.
//  The JSON created by this code is shown below.
CkoJsonObject *jsonReq = [[CkoJsonObject alloc] init];
[jsonReq UpdateString: @"summary" value: @"test calendar abc"];

CkoStringBuilder *sbReq = [[CkoStringBuilder alloc] init];
[jsonReq EmitSb: sbReq];

[rest AddHeader: @"Content-Type" value: @"application/json"];

CkoStringBuilder *sbJson = [[CkoStringBuilder alloc] init];
success = [rest FullRequestSb: @"POST" uriPath: @"/calendar/v3/calendars" requestBody: sbReq responseBody: sbJson];
if (success != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@",rest.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

if ([rest.ResponseStatusCode intValue] != 200) {
    NSLog(@"%@%d",@"Received error response code: ",[rest.ResponseStatusCode intValue]);
    NSLog(@"%@",@"Response body:");
    NSLog(@"%@",[sbJson GetAsString]);
    return;
}

CkoJsonObject *json = [[CkoJsonObject alloc] init];
[json LoadSb: sbJson];

//  The following code parses the JSON response.
//  A sample JSON response is shown below the sample code.
NSString *kind = 0;
NSString *etag = 0;
NSString *id = 0;
NSString *summary = 0;

kind = [json StringOf: @"kind"];
etag = [json StringOf: @"etag"];
id = [json StringOf: @"id"];
summary = [json StringOf: @"summary"];

NSLog(@"%@",@"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"
}