C++

Create Google Photos Album

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Demonstrates how to create a Google Photos album. C++

#include <CkJsonObject.h>
#include <CkHttp.h>
#include <CkHttpResponse.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool 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.

    CkJsonObject jsonToken;
    success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/googlePhotos.json");
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << jsonToken.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    CkHttp http;

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

    // Create an album named "animals"
    CkJsonObject json;
    json.UpdateString("album.title","animals");

    CkHttpResponse resp;
    success = http.HttpJson("POST","https://photoslibrary.googleapis.com/v1/albums",json,"application/json",resp);
    if (success == false) {
        std::cout << http.lastErrorText() << "\r\n";
        return;
    }

    // Show the response body.
    std::cout << resp.bodyStr() << "\r\n";

    // Examine the response status code.  Success is indicated by a status code of 200.
    std::cout << "response status code: " << resp.get_StatusCode() << "\r\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

    const char *id = 0;
    const char *title = 0;
    const char *productUrl = 0;
    bool isWriteable;

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

    std::cout << "id = " << id << "\r\n";
    }