VBScript 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 fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True)

set rest = CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Rest")

'   Provide a previously obtained OAuth2 access token.
set oauth2 = CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.OAuth2")
oauth2.AccessToken = "OAUTH2_ACCESS_TOKEN"
success = rest.SetAuthOAuth2(oauth2)

success = rest.Connect("www.googleapis.com",443,1,1)
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

'  The following code creates the JSON request body.
'  The JSON created by this code is shown below.
set jsonReq = CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
success = jsonReq.UpdateString("summary","test calendar abc")

set sbReq = CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder")
success = jsonReq.EmitSb(sbReq)

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

set sbJson = CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder")
success = rest.FullRequestSb("POST","/calendar/v3/calendars",sbReq,sbJson)
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(rest.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

If (rest.ResponseStatusCode <> 200) Then
    outFile.WriteLine("Received error response code: " & rest.ResponseStatusCode)
    outFile.WriteLine("Response body:")
    outFile.WriteLine(sbJson.GetAsString())
    WScript.Quit
End If

set json = CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
success = json.LoadSb(sbJson)

'  The following code parses the JSON response.
'  A sample JSON response is shown below the sample code.

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

outFile.WriteLine("Example Completed.")

outFile.Close

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"
}