How to create an empty spreadsheet using Zend GDat

Question

How to create a new, empty spreadsheet using Zends GData Library?

Answer 1

Here is how I did it:

     $service = Zend_Gdata_Docs::AUTH_SERVICE_NAME;
     $client = Zend_Gdata_ClientLogin::getHttpClient('USERNAME', 'PASSOWRD', $service);
     $docs = new Zend_Gdata_Docs($client);

     // A file I use as a template for this [ based on the extension is the type of document that will be created] 
     // see: http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/zend.gdata.docs.html
     $fileToUpload = 'Rates-Template.xls'; 
     $newDocumentEntry =  $docs->uploadFile($fileToUpload, 'Spreadsheet Title Here',null, Zend_Gdata_Docs::DOCUMENTS_LIST_FEED_URI);

Answer 2

You cannot do this at this moment.

The Spreadsheets data API does not currently provide a way to programmatically create or delete a spreadsheet.

quote from official documentation

Answer 3

According to the Google Documents List API, to create a new, empty spreadsheet: follow the instructions in Creating a new document or file with metadata only. When doing so, use a category term of http://schemas.google.com/docs/2007#spreadsheet.

With Zend GData library, it may look like this:

// Load Zend library
require_once('Zend/Loader.php');
Zend_Loader::loadClass('Zend_Gdata');
Zend_Loader::loadClass('Zend_Gdata_ClientLogin');
Zend_Loader::loadClass('Zend_Gdata_Docs');

// Authentication
$client = Zend_Gdata_ClientLogin::getHttpClient('[e-mail]', 'sunshine-', Zend_Gdata_Docs::AUTH_SERVICE_NAME);

// Get interface to Documents List API
$docs = new Zend_Gdata_Docs($client);

// Create new document
$data = new Zend_Gdata_Docs_DocumentListEntry();
$data->setCategory(
      array(new Zend_Gdata_App_Extension_Category(
              "http://schemas.google.com/docs/2007#spreadsheet",
              "http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#kind"
)));
$data->setTitle(new Zend_Gdata_App_Extension_Title("My brand new spreadsheet", null));

// Add document to your list
$doc = $docs->insertDocument($data, Zend_Gdata_Docs::DOCUMENTS_LIST_FEED_URI);

// Display document ID
print($doc->getId());