Google+ Photos API

gplus.js

#!/usr/bin/env node

var http = require('http')

// Google Plus Photos API
// Sample data from Felipe Apostol's Street Photography album
// userId is 102873175118305865375
// albumId is 5646665615382099025

var options = {
  host: 'picasaweb.google.com',
  path: '/data/feed/api/user/102873175118305865375/'
        + 'albumid/5646665615382099025'
        + '?alt=json'
}

var req = http.request(options, function(res) {

  var body = ''
  res.setEncoding('utf8')

  res.on('readable', function() {
    var chunk = this.read() || ''
    body += chunk
  })

  res.on('end', function() {
    var gplus = JSON.parse(body)
    var len = gplus.feed.entry.length
    ;(function iterator(i) {
      if (i >= len) return
      // we are interested with feed.entry property
      // log photo url + caption
      console.log('' + (i+1) + '. '
                + gplus.feed.entry[i].content.src
                + ' - ' + gplus.feed.entry[i].summary['$t'])
      iterator(i + 1)
    })(0)
  })

  req.on('error', function(e) {
      console.log('error' + e.message)
  })
  
})

req.end()