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List Google Photos Albums

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Demonstrates how to get a list of Google Photos albums.

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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"];

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

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

CkoJsonObject *json = [[CkoJsonObject alloc] init];
[json Load: resp.BodyStr];

// Sample response:
json.EmitCompact = NO;
NSLog(@"%@",[json Emit]);

// {
//   "albums": [
//     {
//       "id": "AKcbugFJDPVIW3w4JMTV9hWpjnvK-iHkZwS_FRuIm_jtqektmP7bTpvx27eETfLHOZrSznkt0bR3",
//       "title": "April 23, 2016",
//       "productUrl": "https://photos.google.com/lr/album/AKcbugFJDPVIW3w4JMTV9hWpjnvK-iHkZwS_FRuIm_jtqektmP7bTpvx27eETfLHOZrSznkt0bR3",
//       "mediaItemsCount": "1",
//       "coverPhotoBaseUrl": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/lr/AGWb-e6L7ecrCQmp ... uXVvAoTeMwJg",
//       "coverPhotoMediaItemId": "AKcbugHEVyTFgIYb7GzhRFP5KvhBRIIsRcb6Cd4-2ByHzad2oqZnWF2aMPoXY-vfrXmefdTlyF3yZ22Odz6IFLs8pnJlOoVBUg"
//     },
//     {
//       "id": "AKcbugHJ4Zip9WHj_rpS9it133uu753VFffiNg9s0aapPSFAEzEwFxOuCG84OXYgJGclgnt1WqG1",
//       "title": "April 23, 2016",
//       "productUrl": "https://photos.google.com/lr/album/AKcbugHJ4Zip9WHj_rpS9it133uu753VFffiNg9s0aapPSFAEzEwFxOuCG84OXYgJGclgnt1WqG1",
//       "mediaItemsCount": "1",
//       "coverPhotoBaseUrl": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/lr/AGWb-e5h7xK6G_baGN6KuuBHG5veLD49Xiaiix0GuTjii ... 7rkIexZj3AAdCA",
//       "coverPhotoMediaItemId": "AKcbugHEVyTFgIYb7GzhRFP5KvhBRIIsRcb6Cd4-2ByHzad2oqZnWF2aMPoXY-vfrXmefdTlyF3yZ22Odz6IFLs8pnJlOoVBUg"
//     },
//     {
//       "id": "AKcbugHaQTvUKSi3M2RQxOhxhdEaLc5mfUcqFoIU_kpQaROyUD70BcFt7_mnz5PcwwsjPKeKnLHN",
//       "title": "animals",
//       "productUrl": "https://photos.google.com/lr/album/AKcbugHaQTvUKSi3M2RQxOhxhdEaLc5mfUcqFoIU_kpQaROyUD70BcFt7_mnz5PcwwsjPKeKnLHN",
//       "isWriteable": true,
//       "coverPhotoBaseUrl": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/mL8RRbd0pjFIhHc0A4En4y7ZftwyjZTSp5YWX5j1EyPxX5GepHML"
//     }
//   ]
// }

// Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: 
// Generate Parsing Code from JSON

int i;
int count_i;
NSString *id = 0;
NSString *title = 0;
NSString *productUrl = 0;
NSString *mediaItemsCount = 0;
NSString *coverPhotoBaseUrl = 0;
NSString *coverPhotoMediaItemId = 0;
BOOL isWriteable;

i = 0;
count_i = [[json SizeOfArray: @"albums"] intValue];
while (i < count_i) {
    json.I = [NSNumber numberWithInt: i];
    id = [json StringOf: @"albums[i].id"];
    title = [json StringOf: @"albums[i].title"];
    productUrl = [json StringOf: @"albums[i].productUrl"];
    mediaItemsCount = [json StringOf: @"albums[i].mediaItemsCount"];
    coverPhotoBaseUrl = [json StringOf: @"albums[i].coverPhotoBaseUrl"];
    coverPhotoMediaItemId = [json StringOf: @"albums[i].coverPhotoMediaItemId"];
    isWriteable = [json BoolOf: @"albums[i].isWriteable"];
    i = i + 1;
}