(VB.NET) Create Google Photos Album

Demonstrates how to create a Google Photos album.

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' 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.

Dim jsonToken As New Chilkat.JsonObject
Dim success As Boolean = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/googlePhotos.json")
If (success = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(jsonToken.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Dim http As New Chilkat.Http

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

' Create an album named "animals"
Dim json As New Chilkat.JsonObject
json.UpdateString("album.title","animals")

Dim resp As Chilkat.HttpResponse = http.PostJson("https://photoslibrary.googleapis.com/v1/albums",json.Emit())
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = False) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


' Show the response body.
Debug.WriteLine(resp.BodyStr)

' Examine the response status code.  Success is indicated by a status code of 200.
Debug.WriteLine("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

Dim id As String
Dim title As String
Dim productUrl As String
Dim isWriteable As Boolean

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

Debug.WriteLine("id = " & id)