(.NET Core C#) Create Google Photos Album

Demonstrates how to create a Google Photos album.

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// 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.

Chilkat.JsonObject jsonToken = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
bool success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/googlePhotos.json");
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(jsonToken.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Chilkat.Http http = new Chilkat.Http();

http.AuthToken = jsonToken.StringOf("access_token");

// Create an album named "animals"
Chilkat.JsonObject json = new Chilkat.JsonObject();
json.UpdateString("album.title","animals");

Chilkat.HttpResponse resp = http.PostJson("https://photoslibrary.googleapis.com/v1/albums",json.Emit());
if (http.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Show the response body.
Debug.WriteLine(resp.BodyStr);

// Examine the response status code.  Success is indicated by a status code of 200.
Debug.WriteLine("response status code: " + Convert.ToString(resp.StatusCode));

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

string id;
string title;
string productUrl;
bool isWriteable;

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

Debug.WriteLine("id = " + id);