Using the Google Photos Library API your app can read, write, and share photos and videos in Google Photos.
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google photos api missing scope
I am apart of an organization which stores event photos in a organization google photos account. We desire to display these photos via PHP on our website. I have followed the guidance of adding the API library for googlephotos and an OATH2…

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Does the Google Photos API support getting and setting tagged people on a photo
Can I get and manipulate people's face tagging using the Google Photos API?
I could not find this option on https://developers.google.com/photos...

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Google Apps Scripts: import (upload) media from Google Drive to Google Photos?
I see that we can import (upload) media (photos, videos,...) from Google Drive to Google Photos. My goal is: do this task with code.
I have successfully got a list of photos from Google Drive, and I store their IDs in an Array. I have this code:
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Google photos api: "UNAVAILABLE Credentials failed to obtain metadata" error
I'm trying to work with Google photos API. When trying to access the cloud, the following exception thrown:
Exception in thread "main" com.google.api.gax.rpc.UnavailableException: io.grpc.StatusRuntimeException: UNAVAILABLE: Credentials failed to…

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Google photos api adding photos not working, upload seems to work
Trying to use Google Apps Script and Google Photos API to add photos to Google Photos. Upload seems to work / returns a token, but then adding the photo to the library fails. The process consists of two steps: 1. Upload the photo data as described…

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Display images using Google Place Photos request in Swift
I am trying to display photos of specific locations using a 'photo_reference' provided by Google's Places API.
Currently, I am using Google Places API's 'Place Details' requests to get information about specific locations but am having trouble…

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Google Photos API + python: Working non-deprecated example
I've been finding such a mix of code examples. But nothing with a maintained library (google-auth) + full working example. google-api-python-client and oauth2client are no longer supported…

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Google Photos API Video byte stream url experation
Would anyone know the duration/expiration time on the video byte stream url from the google photos api?
The one I am referring to is Here where it talks about having base-url=dv

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google-api-php-client photo gallery not working
I have integrated google-api-php-client using composer in my Codeigniter PHP application.
Google_Client is created successfully, and able to fetch sample api for Google Books. PhotoGallery service not working.
$client = new…

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How to get profile info google photo library api
I was writing a simple logic to list pictures using the Google Photos REST API. I'd like to print the connected user profile once they are logged into my app. But I cannot find any endpoint in the REST API to get the user profile as in Gmail or…

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Is it possible to get google photos album sharable url without creating the album?
I'm creating an app to show all the Google Photos albums of an account (like a gallery) and I want everyone to be able to access the album via a link. I create the albums directly in Google Photos and make them public (creating a sharing link).
I…

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Google photos API Authentication session is not defined
I'm currently writing a client for the google photos api. I created an oauth2 key with the postman feature "get new access token" which works fine. I've got the access token that I use in my c# code.
I keep getting the following message, even if I…

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Is there a way to make a Google Place Photos API request without exposing the API Key?
I'm making a web-app where I need to make a request to the Google Places API, this is all good but I also need to make a request to the Places Photo API to display the images of the stuff I find using the places API. To do this, you need to make a…

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How to know if a Google Photos album has changed
I'm using Google Photos API to access albums.
Users can have in an album anything from a single photo to thousands of photos.
Is there a way to get something like an ETag to know if an album has changed since a previous known state?
Currently, the…

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Is there a way to access photo albums from public link?
I'm creating a web application that accesses your photos. In order to make my application accessible to anyone who doesn't have a google account, I would like to allow the application to read and edit photos from public albums using their shared…

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