Android™

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.

Android™

// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    boolean success = false;

    // 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.

    CkJsonObject jsonToken = new CkJsonObject();
    success = jsonToken.LoadFile("qa_data/tokens/googlePhotos.json");
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, jsonToken.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();

    http.put_AuthToken(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

    http.SetRequestHeader("X-Goog-Upload-File-Name","penguins.jpg");
    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.
    CkBinData bdMedia = new CkBinData();
    success = bdMedia.LoadFile("qa_data/jpg/penguins.jpg");

    String url = "https://photoslibrary.googleapis.com/v1/uploads";
    CkHttpResponse resp = new CkHttpResponse();
    success = http.HttpBd("POST",url,bdMedia,"application/octet-stream",resp);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    // Examine the response status code.  Success is indicated by a status code of 200.
    Log.i(TAG, "response status code: " + String.valueOf(resp.get_StatusCode()));

    // Show the response body.
    if (resp.get_StatusCode() == 200) {
        // Success.
        Log.i(TAG, "Upload token: " + resp.bodyStr());
        }
    else {
        Log.i(TAG, "Error:");
        Log.i(TAG, resp.bodyStr());
        }

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

  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}