(PHP Extension) List Google Photos Albums

Demonstrates how to get a list of Google Photos albums.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$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.

$jsonToken = new CkJsonObject();
$success = $jsonToken->LoadFile('qa_data/tokens/googlePhotos.json');
if ($success == false) {
    print $jsonToken->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$http = new CkHttp();

$http->put_AuthToken($jsonToken->stringOf('access_token'));

$resp = new CkHttpResponse();
$success = $http->HttpNoBody('GET','https://photoslibrary.googleapis.com/v1/albums',$resp);
if ($success == false) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

// Examine the response status code.  Success is indicated by a status code of 200.
print 'response status code: ' . $resp->get_StatusCode() . "\n";

$json = new CkJsonObject();
$json->Load($resp->bodyStr());

// Sample response:
$json->put_EmitCompact(false);
print $json->emit() . "\n";

// {
//   "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

$i = 0;
$count_i = $json->SizeOfArray('albums');
while ($i < $count_i) {
    $json->put_I($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;
}


?>