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Google Photos

Google photo library for storing, browsing, and organizing photos, videos, albums, and media metadata.

Best for organizing media libraries by creating albums, adding photos or videos to albums, and reading media items from a Google Photos account.

Sign in to connect Google Photos

Sign in to connect an account and start using Google Photos in your apps.

Example Use Cases

These are example ways Snow can use Google Photos when building apps with you. This list is meant to show examples, not document every possible capability. Connecting an account does not make Snow run these automatically on its own.

Add Enrichment

Adds an enrichment at a specified position in a defined album.

Batch Add Media Items

Adds one or more media items to an album in Google Photos.

Batch Create Media Items

Batch upload and create media items in Google Photos. Supports three input methods: 1. 'urls': Simple list of public URLs (file names extracted automatically) 2. 'media_files': List of objects with url/file, file_name, and description 3. 'files': List of FileUploadable objects for pre-uploaded files Media items can optionally be added to an album at a specific position. Maximum 50 items per request.

Batch Get Media Items

Returns the list of media items for the specified media item identifiers.

Create Album

Creates a new album in Google Photos.

Download Photos Media Item

Downloads a media item from Google Photos and returns it as a file.

Get Album

Returns the album based on the specified albumId.

List Albums

Lists all albums shown to a user in the Albums tab of Google Photos.

List Media Items (App-Created Only)

Lists media items created by this application from Google Photos. DEPRECATION NOTICE: As of March 31, 2025, the Google Photos Library API ONLY returns media items that were uploaded/created by your application. This action CANNOT access the user's full photo library. Use cases this action SUPPORTS: - Listing photos/videos your app previously uploaded to the user's library - Managing app-created content in Google Photos Use cases this action DOES NOT SUPPORT: - Accessing photos taken by the user's camera - Viewing photos from other apps or web uploads - Listing the user's entire photo library For accessing a user's full library, use the Google Photos Picker API instead: https://developers.google.com/photos/picker

List Shared Albums (Deprecated)

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