Lua

Create Google Photos Album

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Demonstrates how to create a Google Photos album. Lua

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

-- 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.

local jsonToken = chilkat.JsonObject.new()
local success = jsonToken:load_file("qa_data/tokens/googlePhotos.json")
if not success then
    print(jsonToken.last_error_text)
    return
end

local http = chilkat.Http.new()

http.auth_token = jsonToken:string_of("access_token")

-- Create an album named "animals"
local json = chilkat.JsonObject.new()
json:update_string("album.title", "animals")

local resp = chilkat.HttpResponse.new()
success = http:http_json("POST", "https://photoslibrary.googleapis.com/v1/albums", json, "application/json", resp)
if not success then
    print(http.last_error_text)
    return
end

-- Show the response body.
print(resp.body_str)

-- Examine the response status code.  Success is indicated by a status code of 200.
print("response status code: " .. resp.status_code)

json:load(resp.body_str)

-- 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

local id = json:string_of("id")
local title = json:string_of("title")
local productUrl = json:string_of("productUrl")
local isWriteable = json:bool_of("isWriteable")

print("id = " .. id)