Objective-C

Create Google Photos Album

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Demonstrates how to create a Google Photos album. Objective-C

#import <CkoJsonObject.h>
#import <CkoHttp.h>
#import <CkoHttpResponse.h>
#import <NSString.h>

BOOL success = NO;

// 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.

CkoJsonObject *jsonToken = [[CkoJsonObject alloc] init];
success = [jsonToken LoadFile: @"qa_data/tokens/googlePhotos.json"];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",jsonToken.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

CkoHttp *http = [[CkoHttp alloc] init];

http.AuthToken = [jsonToken StringOf: @"access_token"];

// Create an album named "animals"
CkoJsonObject *json = [[CkoJsonObject alloc] init];
[json UpdateString: @"album.title" value: @"animals"];

CkoHttpResponse *resp = [[CkoHttpResponse alloc] init];
success = [http HttpJson: @"POST" url: @"https://photoslibrary.googleapis.com/v1/albums" json: json contentType: @"application/json" response: resp];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Show the response body.
NSLog(@"%@",resp.BodyStr);

// Examine the response status code.  Success is indicated by a status code of 200.
NSLog(@"%@%d",@"response status code: ",[resp.StatusCode intValue]);

[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

NSString *id = 0;
NSString *title = 0;
NSString *productUrl = 0;
BOOL isWriteable;

id = [json StringOf: @"id"];
title = [json StringOf: @"title"];
productUrl = [json StringOf: @"productUrl"];
isWriteable = [json BoolOf: @"isWriteable"];

NSLog(@"%@%@",@"id = ",id);