PowerBuilder

Create Google Photos Media Item using Upload Token

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This is the 2nd step in uploading a photo to a Google Photos album. The 1st step is to upload the media data to get an upload token. This step is to use the upload token to add the media item to an album. PowerBuilder

integer li_rc
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_JsonToken
oleobject loo_Http
oleobject loo_Json
oleobject loo_Resp
integer i
integer li_Count_i
string ls_UploadToken
string ls_StatusMessage
string ls_MediaItemId
string ls_MediaItemDescription
string ls_MediaItemProductUrl
string ls_MediaItemMimeType
string ls_MediaItemMediaMetadataCreationTime
string ls_MediaItemMediaMetadataWidth
string ls_MediaItemMediaMetadataHeight
string ls_MediaItemFilename

li_Success = 0

// 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.

loo_JsonToken = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_JsonToken.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_JsonToken
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if
li_Success = loo_JsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/googlePhotos.json")
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_JsonToken.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_JsonToken
    return
end if

loo_Http = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Http.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Http")

loo_Http.AuthToken = loo_JsonToken.StringOf("access_token")

// For more information, see Google Photos Upload Media REST API Documentation

// Build a JSON body that looks like this:
// {
//   "albumId": "ALBUM_ID",
//   "newMediaItems": [
//     {
//       "description": "ITEM_DESCRIPTION",
//       "simpleMediaItem": {
//         "uploadToken": "UPLOAD_TOKEN"
//       }
//     }
//    , ...
//   ]
// }

// Use this online tool to generate the code from sample JSON: 
// Generate Code to Create JSON

// Build the above JSON:
loo_Json = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Json.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")

loo_Json.UpdateString("albumId","ALBUM_ID")
loo_Json.UpdateString("newMediaItems[0].description","Photo of Penguins")
loo_Json.UpdateString("newMediaItems[0].simpleMediaItem.uploadToken","UPLOAD_TOKEN")

loo_Resp = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Resp.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.HttpResponse")

li_Success = loo_Http.HttpJson("POST","https://photoslibrary.googleapis.com/v1/mediaItems:batchCreate",loo_Json,"application/json",loo_Resp)
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Http.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_JsonToken
    destroy loo_Http
    destroy loo_Json
    destroy loo_Resp
    return
end if

// Examine the response status code.  Success is indicated by a status code of 200.
Write-Debug "response status code: " + string(loo_Resp.StatusCode)

loo_Json.Load(loo_Resp.BodyStr)
loo_Json.EmitCompact = 0
Write-Debug loo_Json.Emit()

// Sample response:

// {
//   "newMediaItemResults": [
//     {
//       "uploadToken": "CAISiQMASsyg4M/x ... CIKFRzD3l8OpFJMRzMsd00D5w",
//       "status": {
//         "message": "OK"
//       },
//       "mediaItem": {
//         "id": "AKcbugGwtCih2tdl3s1-NMvZFaco3W7XnRwvwtj02J9DJyl6JmrLZDVUFcxQl4AT04LaNrPpsrojeTsDSzOVOF5IgKefD0Y-MQ",
//         "description": "Photo of Penguins",
//         "productUrl": "https://photos.google.com/lr/photo/AKcbugGwtCih2tdl3s1-NMvZFaco3W7XnRwvwtj02J9DJyl6JmrLZDVUFcxQl4AT04LaNrPpsrojeTsDSzOVOF5IgKefD0Y-MQ",
//         "mimeType": "image/jpeg",
//         "mediaMetadata": {
//           "creationTime": "2008-02-18T05:07:31Z",
//           "width": "1024",
//           "height": "768"
//         },
//         "filename": "penguins.jpg"
//       }
//     }
//   ]
// }

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

i = 0
li_Count_i = loo_Json.SizeOfArray("newMediaItemResults")
do while i < li_Count_i
    loo_Json.I = i
    ls_UploadToken = loo_Json.StringOf("newMediaItemResults[i].uploadToken")
    ls_StatusMessage = loo_Json.StringOf("newMediaItemResults[i].status.message")
    ls_MediaItemId = loo_Json.StringOf("newMediaItemResults[i].mediaItem.id")
    ls_MediaItemDescription = loo_Json.StringOf("newMediaItemResults[i].mediaItem.description")
    ls_MediaItemProductUrl = loo_Json.StringOf("newMediaItemResults[i].mediaItem.productUrl")
    ls_MediaItemMimeType = loo_Json.StringOf("newMediaItemResults[i].mediaItem.mimeType")
    ls_MediaItemMediaMetadataCreationTime = loo_Json.StringOf("newMediaItemResults[i].mediaItem.mediaMetadata.creationTime")
    ls_MediaItemMediaMetadataWidth = loo_Json.StringOf("newMediaItemResults[i].mediaItem.mediaMetadata.width")
    ls_MediaItemMediaMetadataHeight = loo_Json.StringOf("newMediaItemResults[i].mediaItem.mediaMetadata.height")
    ls_MediaItemFilename = loo_Json.StringOf("newMediaItemResults[i].mediaItem.filename")
    i = i + 1
loop


destroy loo_JsonToken
destroy loo_Http
destroy loo_Json
destroy loo_Resp