Ruby

Create Google Photos Album

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Demonstrates how to create a Google Photos album. Ruby

require 'chilkat'

success = false

# This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

# Get the previously obtained access token.
# See Get Google Photos Access Token.

jsonToken = Chilkat::CkJsonObject.new()
success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/googlePhotos.json")
if (success == false)
    print jsonToken.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

http = Chilkat::CkHttp.new()

http.put_AuthToken(jsonToken.stringOf("access_token"))

# Create an album named "animals"
json = Chilkat::CkJsonObject.new()
json.UpdateString("album.title","animals")

resp = Chilkat::CkHttpResponse.new()
success = http.HttpJson("POST","https://photoslibrary.googleapis.com/v1/albums",json,"application/json",resp)
if (success == false)
    print http.lastErrorText() + "\n";
    exit
end

# Show the response body.
print resp.bodyStr() + "\n";

# Examine the response status code.  Success is indicated by a status code of 200.
print "response status code: " + resp.get_StatusCode().to_s() + "\n";

json.Load(resp.bodyStr())

# Sample response:

# {
#   "id": "AKcbugHaQTvUKSi3M2RQxOhxhdEaLc5mfUcqFoIU_kpQaROyUD70BcFt7_mnz5PcwwsjPKeKnLHN",
#   "title": "animals",
#   "productUrl": "https://photos.google.com/lr/album/AKcbugHaQTvUKSi3M2RQxOhxhdEaLc5mfUcqFoIU_kpQaROyUD70BcFt7_mnz5PcwwsjPKeKnLHN",
#   "isWriteable": true
# }

# Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: 
# Generate Parsing Code from JSON

id = json.stringOf("id")
title = json.stringOf("title")
productUrl = json.stringOf("productUrl")
isWriteable = json.BoolOf("isWriteable")

print "id = " + id + "\n";