Creating empty spreadsheets in Google Drive using Drive API

Question

I want to create an empty Google Sheet (created only with metadata) in Google Drive. When I referred to the Google SpreadSheet API documentation, it says to use the Document

Answer 1

The api reference to create spreadsheet is at https://developers.google.com/sheets/reference/rest/v4/spreadsheets/create.

The code snippet to create a new spreadsheet is as follows.

String[] SCOPES = { SheetsScopes.SPREADSHEETS };

GoogleAccountCredential credential = GoogleAccountCredential.usingOAuth2(
        getApplicationContext(),
        Arrays.asList(SCOPES)).setBackOff(new ExponentialBackOff());
credential.setSelectedAccountName("your_google_account@gmail.com");

HttpTransport transport = AndroidHttp.newCompatibleTransport();
JsonFactory jsonFactory = JacksonFactory.getDefaultInstance();

com.google.api.services.sheets.v4.Sheets service =
    new com.google.api.services.sheets.v4.Sheets.Builder(
        transport,
        jsonFactory,
        credential)
    .setApplicationName("Google Sheets API Android Quickstart")
    .build();

Spreadsheet spreadsheet = new Spreadsheet();
SpreadsheetProperties properties = new SpreadsheetProperties();
properties.setTitle("SpreadSheetTitle");
spreadsheet.setProperties(properties);

service.spreadsheets().create(spreadsheet).execute()