(Node.js) Upload Media for Google Photos

Demonstrates how to upload a media file (such as a JPG image) that will be placed in a Google Photos album. Uploading is a two-step process:

1. Upload the raw bytes to a Google Server. This doesn't result in any media items being created in the user’s Google Photos account. Instead, it returns an upload token which identifies the uploaded bytes.
2. Use the upload token to create the media item in the user’s Google Photos account. You can choose whether the media should be also added to a specific album.

This example shows step 1.

Install Chilkat for Node.js and Electron using npm at Chilkat npm packages for Node.js Chilkat npm packages for Electron on Windows, Linux, MacOS

var os = require('os');
if (os.platform() == 'win32') {  
  var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-win64'); 
} else if (os.platform() == 'linux') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-linux-arm');
    } else if (os.arch() == 'arm64') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-linux-arm64');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-linux-x64');
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'darwin') {
  var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-mac-universal');
}

function chilkatExample() {

    // 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();
    var 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");

    // This is the HTTPS POST we'll be sending:
    // POST https://photoslibrary.googleapis.com/v1/uploads
    // Authorization: Bearer OAUTH2_TOKEN
    // Content-type: application/octet-stream
    // X-Goog-Upload-File-Name: FILENAME
    // X-Goog-Upload-Protocol: raw

    http.SetRequestHeader("X-Goog-Upload-File-Name","penguins.jpg");
    http.SetRequestHeader("X-Goog-Upload-Protocol","raw");

    // Assuming the media isn't super large, we'll just read it into memory and send.
    // (Another example exists for streaming a large media file directly from the filesystem.)

    // Load the media file into memory.
    var bdMedia = new chilkat.BinData();
    success = bdMedia.LoadFile("qa_data/jpg/penguins.jpg");

    var url = "https://photoslibrary.googleapis.com/v1/uploads";
    // resp: HttpResponse
    var resp = http.PBinaryBd("POST",url,bdMedia,"application/octet-stream",false,false);
    if (http.LastMethodSuccess == false) {
        console.log(http.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

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

    // Show the response body.
    if (resp.StatusCode == 200) {
        // Success.
        console.log("Upload token: " + resp.BodyStr);
    }
    else {
        console.log("Error:");
        console.log(resp.BodyStr);
    }

    // Clear headers such as X-Goog-Upload-File-Name for subsequent HTTP requests sent on this object..
    http.ClearHeaders();

}

chilkatExample();