(PowerShell) Create Google Photos Album

Demonstrates how to create a Google Photos album.

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

# 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-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$success = $jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/googlePhotos.json")
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($jsonToken.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$http = New-Object Chilkat.Http

$http.AuthToken = $jsonToken.StringOf("access_token")

# Create an album named "animals"
$json = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$json.UpdateString("album.title","animals")

$resp = $http.PostJson("https://photoslibrary.googleapis.com/v1/albums",$json.Emit())
if ($http.LastMethodSuccess -eq $false) {
    $($http.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Show the response body.
$($resp.BodyStr)

# Examine the response status code.  Success is indicated by a status code of 200.
$("response status code: " + $resp.StatusCode)

$json.Load($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

$id = $json.StringOf("id")
$title = $json.StringOf("title")
$productUrl = $json.StringOf("productUrl")
$isWriteable = $json.BoolOf("isWriteable")

$("id = " + $id)