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Create Google Photos Album

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Demonstrates how to create a Google Photos album.

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PureBasic
IncludeFile "CkHttpResponse.pb"
IncludeFile "CkHttp.pb"
IncludeFile "CkJsonObject.pb"

Procedure ChilkatExample()

    success.i = 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.

    jsonToken.i = CkJsonObject::ckCreate()
    If jsonToken.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    success = CkJsonObject::ckLoadFile(jsonToken,"qa_data/tokens/googlePhotos.json")
    If success = 0
        Debug CkJsonObject::ckLastErrorText(jsonToken)
        CkJsonObject::ckDispose(jsonToken)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    http.i = CkHttp::ckCreate()
    If http.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    CkHttp::setCkAuthToken(http, CkJsonObject::ckStringOf(jsonToken,"access_token"))

    ; Create an album named "animals"
    json.i = CkJsonObject::ckCreate()
    If json.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    CkJsonObject::ckUpdateString(json,"album.title","animals")

    resp.i = CkHttpResponse::ckCreate()
    If resp.i = 0
        Debug "Failed to create object."
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    success = CkHttp::ckHttpJson(http,"POST","https://photoslibrary.googleapis.com/v1/albums",json,"application/json",resp)
    If success = 0
        Debug CkHttp::ckLastErrorText(http)
        CkJsonObject::ckDispose(jsonToken)
        CkHttp::ckDispose(http)
        CkJsonObject::ckDispose(json)
        CkHttpResponse::ckDispose(resp)
        ProcedureReturn
    EndIf

    ; Show the response body.
    Debug CkHttpResponse::ckBodyStr(resp)

    ; Examine the response status code.  Success is indicated by a status code of 200.
    Debug "response status code: " + Str(CkHttpResponse::ckStatusCode(resp))

    CkJsonObject::ckLoad(json,CkHttpResponse::ckBodyStr(resp))

    ; 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.s
    title.s
    productUrl.s
    isWriteable.i

    id = CkJsonObject::ckStringOf(json,"id")
    title = CkJsonObject::ckStringOf(json,"title")
    productUrl = CkJsonObject::ckStringOf(json,"productUrl")
    isWriteable = CkJsonObject::ckBoolOf(json,"isWriteable")

    Debug "id = " + id


    CkJsonObject::ckDispose(jsonToken)
    CkHttp::ckDispose(http)
    CkJsonObject::ckDispose(json)
    CkHttpResponse::ckDispose(resp)


    ProcedureReturn
EndProcedure