Objective-C Google Calendar: QuickAdd a Calendar Event

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Creates an event based on a simple text string. (This example adds an event to the calendar with id = "support@chilkatcloud.com".)

Documentation: https://developers.google.com/google-apps/calendar/v3/reference/events/quickAdd


#import <CkoRest.h>
#import <CkoOAuth2.h>
#import <CkoStringBuilder.h>
#import <CkoJsonObject.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;
}

[rest AddQueryParam: @"text" value: @"Dentist Appointment"];
[rest AddQueryParam: @"sendNotifications" value: @"true"];

CkoStringBuilder *sbReq = [[CkoStringBuilder alloc] init];

CkoStringBuilder *sbJson = [[CkoStringBuilder alloc] init];
success = [rest FullRequestSb: @"POST" uriPath: @"/calendar/v3/calendars/support@chilkatcloud.com/events/quickAdd" 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 *status = 0;
NSString *htmlLink = 0;
NSString *created = 0;
NSString *updated = 0;
NSString *summary = 0;
NSString *creatorEmail = 0;
BOOL creatorSelf;
NSString *organizerEmail = 0;
BOOL organizerSelf;
NSString *startDateTime = 0;
NSString *endDateTime = 0;
NSString *iCalUID = 0;
int sequence;
NSString *hangoutLink = 0;
BOOL remindersUseDefault;

kind = [json StringOf: @"kind"];
etag = [json StringOf: @"etag"];
id = [json StringOf: @"id"];
status = [json StringOf: @"status"];
htmlLink = [json StringOf: @"htmlLink"];
created = [json StringOf: @"created"];
updated = [json StringOf: @"updated"];
summary = [json StringOf: @"summary"];
creatorEmail = [json StringOf: @"creator.email"];
creatorSelf = [json BoolOf: @"creator.self"];
organizerEmail = [json StringOf: @"organizer.email"];
organizerSelf = [json BoolOf: @"organizer.self"];
startDateTime = [json StringOf: @"start.dateTime"];
endDateTime = [json StringOf: @"end.dateTime"];
iCalUID = [json StringOf: @"iCalUID"];
sequence = [[json IntOf: @"sequence"] intValue];
hangoutLink = [json StringOf: @"hangoutLink"];
remindersUseDefault = [json BoolOf: @"reminders.useDefault"];

NSLog(@"%@",@"Example Completed.");

Sample JSON Response Body

{
  "kind": "calendar#event",
  "etag": "\"3020352941868000\"",
  "id": "52e7uk7j7vl5dosj7b25memov0",
  "status": "confirmed",
  "htmlLink": "https://www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=NTJlN3VrN2o3dmw1ZG9zajdiMjVtZW1vdjAgc3VwcG9ydEBjaGlsa2F0Y2xvdWQuY29t",
  "created": "2017-11-08T21:27:50.000Z",
  "updated": "2017-11-08T21:27:50.934Z",
  "summary": "Dentist Appointment",
  "creator": {
    "email": "support@chilkatcloud.com",
    "self": true
  },
  "organizer": {
    "email": "support@chilkatcloud.com",
    "self": true
  },
  "start": {
    "dateTime": "2017-11-08T15:27:50-06:00"
  },
  "end": {
    "dateTime": "2017-11-08T16:27:50-06:00"
  },
  "iCalUID": "52e7uk7j7vl5dosj7b25memov0@google.com",
  "sequence": 0,
  "hangoutLink": "https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/chilkatcloud.com/support?hceid=c3VwcG9ydEBjaGlsa2F0Y2xvdWQuY29t.52e7uk7j7vl5dosj7b25memov0",
  "reminders": {
    "useDefault": true
  }
}