(VBScript) Create Google Photos Album

Demonstrates how to create a Google Photos album.

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

' 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.

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
set jsonToken = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/googlePhotos.json")
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(jsonToken.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Http")
set http = CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")

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

' Create an album named "animals"
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
set json = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = json.UpdateString("album.title","animals")

' resp is a Chilkat.HttpResponse
Set resp = http.PostJson("https://photoslibrary.googleapis.com/v1/albums",json.Emit())
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

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

' Examine the response status code.  Success is indicated by a status code of 200.
outFile.WriteLine("response status code: " & resp.StatusCode)

success = 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")

outFile.WriteLine("id = " & id)

outFile.Close