PowerBuilder

Upload Media for Google Photos

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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.

PowerBuilder

integer li_rc
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_JsonToken
oleobject loo_Http
oleobject loo_BdMedia
string ls_Url
oleobject loo_Resp

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")

// 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

loo_Http.SetRequestHeader("X-Goog-Upload-File-Name","penguins.jpg")
loo_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.
loo_BdMedia = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_BdMedia.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.BinData")

li_Success = loo_BdMedia.LoadFile("qa_data/jpg/penguins.jpg")

ls_Url = "https://photoslibrary.googleapis.com/v1/uploads"
loo_Resp = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Resp.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.HttpResponse")

li_Success = loo_Http.HttpBd("POST",ls_Url,loo_BdMedia,"application/octet-stream",loo_Resp)
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Http.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_JsonToken
    destroy loo_Http
    destroy loo_BdMedia
    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)

// Show the response body.
if loo_Resp.StatusCode = 200 then
    // Success.
    Write-Debug "Upload token: " + loo_Resp.BodyStr
else
    Write-Debug "Error:"
    Write-Debug loo_Resp.BodyStr
end if

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


destroy loo_JsonToken
destroy loo_Http
destroy loo_BdMedia
destroy loo_Resp