G Photos Uploader - Beta
IMPORTANT NOTICE: as of 2018/09/01 this project is deprecated, since Google now released an official google photos API.
For similar projects built on top of the Google photos API check out:
https://github.com/nmrshll/gphotos-uploader-cli for a command-line uploader
https://github.com/nmrshll/google-photos-api-client-go for a go client library
Why? What is this?
Google Photos does not have a desktop uploader for Linux, neither an API to upload a photo programmatically ... So here they are!
G Photos Uploader lets you upload photos from Linux (and, in theory, any OS for which you can compile a Go program) specifying the file name or watching a directory for changes. Furthermore, the project can also be used as a library that you can include in other Go programs.
Disclaimer
G Photos Uploader is an unofficial tool, I (and any possible contributor) don't guarantee any result. Any security or other kind of issues are at your own risk.
Install
go get github.com/simonedegiacomi/gphotosuploaderHow can i use it?
Standalone tool
To use G Photos Uploader as a standalone tool you need to get be authenticated. Authentication in handled with a JSON file that contains your cookies and your user Id.
Authentication
Every time your run the tool the program will check for the auth file. If the file is not found or the cookies seems to be expired the tool will ask you if you want to run a wizard to get new cookies. The authentication wizard uses the WebDrivers protocol, which is usually used to perform automation tests, that allows G Photos Upload to control a browser and read the cookies from it. To use the WebDrivers Protocol you need to install a web driver:
- On Linux / Ubuntu:
sudo apt-get install chromium-chromedriver
# Create a link to launch the driver just typing 'chromedriver'
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/chromium-browser/chromedriver /usr/bin/chromedriver- On Mac Os X (using Homebrew):
brew install chromedriverAnd then launch it using:
chromedriver- On Windows:
- Download latest Chrome Web Driver from Google
- Copy chromedriver.exe in the path -
C:\WINDOWSfor example - Then launch it with a command prompt or
Win key + Rthenchromedriver.exe
When the Driver starts it will print the address at which it is listening. Once you enter the name of the browser and the address of the web driver on the wizard a new browser window will appear with the Google Photos Login page. Then you can login with your account just like you always do. When you're logged in the tool will read the cookies from the browser, save them into the auth file and close the browser window. (You can now stop the web driver server)
Upload a photo or watch a directory
Once you have the auth file you're ready to go, just launch the program. For example, to upload a file named image.png:
go run main.go --upload ./image.pngOr to watch a directory:
go run main.go --watch path/to/photos --maxConcurrent 4You can even upload all the photos of a directory and then start to watch another one:
go run main.go --upload /path/to/old/photos --upload /downloads/cat.png --watch path/to/new/photosIf you also want to add your photos to a specific existing album you can use the 'album' argument
go run main.go --album albumId --upload ./image.pngWhere the album id is the string that you see in the url when you open th album on the Google Photos Web App (something like: https://photos.google.com/u/2/album/album_id)
The tool crates a file (which the default name is uploaded.txt) which is a list of uploaded files, which will not be re-uploaded. You can specify your own file using the uploadedList argument. To see all the available arguments, use --help.
Library
You can read a simple example here or get the documentation here.