Swift

Create Google Photos Media Item using Upload Token

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This is the 2nd step in uploading a photo to a Google Photos album. The 1st step is to upload the media data to get an upload token. This step is to use the upload token to add the media item to an album. Swift

func chilkatTest() {
    var success: Bool = 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.

    let jsonToken = CkoJsonObject()!
    success = jsonToken.loadFile(path: "qa_data/tokens/googlePhotos.json")
    if success == false {
        print("\(jsonToken.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    let http = CkoHttp()!

    http.authToken = jsonToken.string(of: "access_token")

    // For more information, see Google Photos Upload Media REST API Documentation

    // Build a JSON body that looks like this:
    // {
    //   "albumId": "ALBUM_ID",
    //   "newMediaItems": [
    //     {
    //       "description": "ITEM_DESCRIPTION",
    //       "simpleMediaItem": {
    //         "uploadToken": "UPLOAD_TOKEN"
    //       }
    //     }
    //    , ...
    //   ]
    // }

    // Use this online tool to generate the code from sample JSON: 
    // Generate Code to Create JSON

    // Build the above JSON:
    let json = CkoJsonObject()!
    json.updateString(jsonPath: "albumId", value: "ALBUM_ID")
    json.updateString(jsonPath: "newMediaItems[0].description", value: "Photo of Penguins")
    json.updateString(jsonPath: "newMediaItems[0].simpleMediaItem.uploadToken", value: "UPLOAD_TOKEN")

    let resp = CkoHttpResponse()!
    success = http.httpJson(verb: "POST", url: "https://photoslibrary.googleapis.com/v1/mediaItems:batchCreate", json: json, contentType: "application/json", response: resp)
    if success == false {
        print("\(http.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    // Examine the response status code.  Success is indicated by a status code of 200.
    print("response status code: \(resp.statusCode.intValue)")

    json.load(json: resp.bodyStr)
    json.emitCompact = false
    print("\(json.emit()!)")

    // Sample response:

    // {
    //   "newMediaItemResults": [
    //     {
    //       "uploadToken": "CAISiQMASsyg4M/x ... CIKFRzD3l8OpFJMRzMsd00D5w",
    //       "status": {
    //         "message": "OK"
    //       },
    //       "mediaItem": {
    //         "id": "AKcbugGwtCih2tdl3s1-NMvZFaco3W7XnRwvwtj02J9DJyl6JmrLZDVUFcxQl4AT04LaNrPpsrojeTsDSzOVOF5IgKefD0Y-MQ",
    //         "description": "Photo of Penguins",
    //         "productUrl": "https://photos.google.com/lr/photo/AKcbugGwtCih2tdl3s1-NMvZFaco3W7XnRwvwtj02J9DJyl6JmrLZDVUFcxQl4AT04LaNrPpsrojeTsDSzOVOF5IgKefD0Y-MQ",
    //         "mimeType": "image/jpeg",
    //         "mediaMetadata": {
    //           "creationTime": "2008-02-18T05:07:31Z",
    //           "width": "1024",
    //           "height": "768"
    //         },
    //         "filename": "penguins.jpg"
    //       }
    //     }
    //   ]
    // }

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

    var i: Int
    var count_i: Int
    var uploadToken: String?
    var statusMessage: String?
    var mediaItemId: String?
    var mediaItemDescription: String?
    var mediaItemProductUrl: String?
    var mediaItemMimeType: String?
    var mediaItemMediaMetadataCreationTime: String?
    var mediaItemMediaMetadataWidth: String?
    var mediaItemMediaMetadataHeight: String?
    var mediaItemFilename: String?

    i = 0
    count_i = json.size(ofArray: "newMediaItemResults").intValue
    while i < count_i {
        json.i = i
        uploadToken = json.string(of: "newMediaItemResults[i].uploadToken")
        statusMessage = json.string(of: "newMediaItemResults[i].status.message")
        mediaItemId = json.string(of: "newMediaItemResults[i].mediaItem.id")
        mediaItemDescription = json.string(of: "newMediaItemResults[i].mediaItem.description")
        mediaItemProductUrl = json.string(of: "newMediaItemResults[i].mediaItem.productUrl")
        mediaItemMimeType = json.string(of: "newMediaItemResults[i].mediaItem.mimeType")
        mediaItemMediaMetadataCreationTime = json.string(of: "newMediaItemResults[i].mediaItem.mediaMetadata.creationTime")
        mediaItemMediaMetadataWidth = json.string(of: "newMediaItemResults[i].mediaItem.mediaMetadata.width")
        mediaItemMediaMetadataHeight = json.string(of: "newMediaItemResults[i].mediaItem.mediaMetadata.height")
        mediaItemFilename = json.string(of: "newMediaItemResults[i].mediaItem.filename")
        i = i + 1
    }


}