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Create Google Photos Album

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Demonstrates how to create a Google Photos album.

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C
#include <C_CkJsonObject.h>
#include <C_CkHttp.h>
#include <C_CkHttpResponse.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkJsonObject jsonToken;
    HCkHttp http;
    HCkJsonObject json;
    HCkHttpResponse resp;
    const char *id;
    const char *title;
    const char *productUrl;
    BOOL isWriteable;

    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 = CkJsonObject_Create();
    success = CkJsonObject_LoadFile(jsonToken,"qa_data/tokens/googlePhotos.json");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkJsonObject_lastErrorText(jsonToken));
        CkJsonObject_Dispose(jsonToken);
        return;
    }

    http = CkHttp_Create();

    CkHttp_putAuthToken(http,CkJsonObject_stringOf(jsonToken,"access_token"));

    // Create an album named "animals"
    json = CkJsonObject_Create();
    CkJsonObject_UpdateString(json,"album.title","animals");

    resp = CkHttpResponse_Create();
    success = CkHttp_HttpJson(http,"POST","https://photoslibrary.googleapis.com/v1/albums",json,"application/json",resp);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        printf("%s\n",CkHttp_lastErrorText(http));
        CkJsonObject_Dispose(jsonToken);
        CkHttp_Dispose(http);
        CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
        CkHttpResponse_Dispose(resp);
        return;
    }

    // Show the response body.
    printf("%s\n",CkHttpResponse_bodyStr(resp));

    // Examine the response status code.  Success is indicated by a status code of 200.
    printf("response status code: %d\n",CkHttpResponse_getStatusCode(resp));

    CkJsonObject_Load(json,CkHttpResponse_bodyStr(resp));

    // 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 = CkJsonObject_stringOf(json,"id");
    title = CkJsonObject_stringOf(json,"title");
    productUrl = CkJsonObject_stringOf(json,"productUrl");
    isWriteable = CkJsonObject_BoolOf(json,"isWriteable");

    printf("id = %s\n",id);


    CkJsonObject_Dispose(jsonToken);
    CkHttp_Dispose(http);
    CkJsonObject_Dispose(json);
    CkHttpResponse_Dispose(resp);

    }