React Native

Create Google Photos Album

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Demonstrates how to create a Google Photos album. React Native

import { Http, HttpResponse, JsonObject } from '@chilkat/react-native'

async function chilkatExample() {
  // 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.

  const jsonToken = new JsonObject();
  try {
    jsonToken.loadFile('qa_data/tokens/googlePhotos.json');
  } catch {
    console.log(jsonToken.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  const http = new Http();

  http.authToken = jsonToken.stringOf('access_token');

  // Create an album named "animals"
  const json = new JsonObject();
  json.updateString('album.title', 'animals');

  const resp = new HttpResponse();
  try {
    await http.httpJsonAsync('POST', 'https://photoslibrary.googleapis.com/v1/albums', json, 'application/json', resp);
  } catch {
    console.log(http.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Show the response body.
  console.log(resp.bodyStr);

  // Examine the response status code.  Success is indicated by a status code of 200.
  console.log(`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

  const id = json.stringOf('id');
  const title = json.stringOf('title');
  const productUrl = json.stringOf('productUrl');

  console.log(`id = ${id}`);
}