(Lianja) 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.

loJsonToken = createobject("CkJsonObject")
llSuccess = loJsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/googlePhotos.json")
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loJsonToken.LastErrorText
    release loJsonToken
    return
endif

loHttp = createobject("CkHttp")

loHttp.AuthToken = loJsonToken.StringOf("access_token")

// Create an album named "animals"
loJson = createobject("CkJsonObject")
loJson.UpdateString("album.title","animals")

loResp = loHttp.PostJson("https://photoslibrary.googleapis.com/v1/albums",loJson.Emit())
if (loHttp.LastMethodSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    release loJsonToken
    release loHttp
    release loJson
    return
endif

// Show the response body.
? loResp.BodyStr

// Examine the response status code.  Success is indicated by a status code of 200.
? "response status code: " + str(loResp.StatusCode)

loJson.Load(loResp.BodyStr)
release loResp

// 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

lcId = loJson.StringOf("id")
lcTitle = loJson.StringOf("title")
lcProductUrl = loJson.StringOf("productUrl")
llIsWriteable = loJson.BoolOf("isWriteable")

? "id = " + lcId


release loJsonToken
release loHttp
release loJson