Visual Basic 6.0 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

Dim rest As New ChilkatRest
Dim success As Long

'   Provide a previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
Dim oauth2 As New ChilkatOAuth2
oauth2.AccessToken = "OAUTH2_ACCESS_TOKEN"
success = rest.SetAuthOAuth2(oauth2)

success = rest.Connect("www.googleapis.com",443,1,1)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print rest.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

'  The following code creates the JSON request body.
'  The JSON created by this code is shown below.
Dim jsonReq As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = jsonReq.UpdateString("summary","test calendar abc")

Dim sbReq As New ChilkatStringBuilder
success = jsonReq.EmitSb(sbReq)

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

Dim sbJson As New ChilkatStringBuilder
success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/calendar/v3/calendars",sbReq,sbJson)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print rest.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

If (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) Then
    Debug.Print "Received error response code: " & rest.ResponseStatusCode
    Debug.Print "Response body:"
    Debug.Print sbJson.GetAsString()
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim json As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = json.LoadSb(sbJson)

'  The following code parses the JSON response.
'  A sample JSON response is shown below the sample code.
Dim kind As String
Dim etag As String
Dim id As String
Dim summary As String

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

Debug.Print "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"
}