Node.js

Create Google Photos Album

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Demonstrates how to create a Google Photos album. Node.js

NODEJS_PRELUDE

function chilkatExample() {

    var 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.

    var jsonToken = new chilkat.JsonObject();
    success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/googlePhotos.json");
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(jsonToken.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    var http = new chilkat.Http();

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

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

    var resp = new chilkat.HttpResponse();
    success = http.HttpJson("POST","https://photoslibrary.googleapis.com/v1/albums",json,"application/json",resp);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(http.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    //  Show the response body.
    console.log(resp.BodyStr);

    //  Examine the response status code.  Success is indicated by a status code of 200.
    console.log("response status code: " + 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

    var id;
    var title;
    var productUrl;
    var isWriteable;

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

    console.log("id = " + id);

}

chilkatExample();