List library contents, albums, and media items

REST

Here is a sample request:

GET https://photoslibrary.googleapis.com/v1/albums

The request returns the following result:

{
  "albums": [
    {
      "id": "album-id",
      "title": "album-title",
      "productUrl": "album-product-url",
      "coverPhotoBaseUrl": "album-cover-base-url_do-not-use-directly",
      "coverPhotoMediaItemId": "album-cover-media-item-id",
      "isWriteable": "whether-you-can-write-to-this-album",
      "mediaItemsCount": "number-of-media-items-in-album"
    },
    ...
  ],
  "nextPageToken": "token-for-pagination"
}

Java

try {
  // Make a request to list all albums in the user's library
  // Iterate over all the albums in this list
  // Pagination is handled automatically
  ListAlbumsPagedResponse response = photosLibraryClient.listAlbums();

  for (Album album : response.iterateAll()) {
    // Get some properties of an album
    String id = album.getId();
    String title = album.getTitle();
    String productUrl = album.getProductUrl();
    String coverPhotoBaseUrl = album.getCoverPhotoBaseUrl();
    // The cover photo media item id field may be empty
    String coverPhotoMediaItemId = album.getCoverPhotoMediaItemId();
    boolean isWritable = album.getIsWriteable();
    long mediaItemsCount = album.getMediaItemsCount();
  }

} catch (ApiException e) {
  // Handle error
}

PHP

try {
    // Make a request to list all albums in the user's library
    // Iterate over all the albums in this list
    // Pagination is handled automatically
    $response = $photosLibraryClient->listAlbums();
    foreach ($response->iterateAllElements() as $album) {
        // Get some properties of an album
        $albumId = $album->getId();
        $title = $album->getTitle();
        $productUrl = $album->getProductUrl();
        $coverPhotoBaseUrl = $album->getCoverPhotoBaseUrl();
        // The cover photo media item id field may be empty
        $coverPhotoMediaItemId = $album->getCoverPhotoMediaItemId();
        $isWriteable = $album->getIsWriteable();
        $totalMediaItems = $album->getTotalMediaItems();
    }
} catch (\Google\ApiCore\ApiException $e) {
    // Handle error
}

REST

Here is a sample request:

GET https://photoslibrary.googleapis.com/v1/mediaItems
Content-type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer oauth2-token
{
  "pageSize": "100",
}

The GET request returns the following response:

{
  "mediaItems": [
    ...
  ],
  "nextPageToken": "token-for-pagination"
}

Java

try {
  // Make a request to list all media items in the user's library
  // Iterate over all the retrieved media items
  // Pagination is handled automatically
  ListMediaItemsPagedResponse response = photosLibraryClient.listMediaItems();
  for (MediaItem item : response.iterateAll()) {
    // Get some properties of a media item
    String id = item.getId();
    String description = item.getDescription();
    String mimeType = item.getMimeType();
    String productUrl = item.getProductUrl();
    String filename = item.getFilename();
  }
} catch (ApiException e) {
  // Handle error
}

PHP

try {
    // Make a request to list all media items in the user's library
    // Iterate over all the retrieved media items
    // Pagination is handled automatically
    $response = $photosLibraryClient->listMediaItems();
    foreach ($response->iterateAllElements() as $item) {
        // Get some properties of a media item
        /* @var $item \Google\Photos\Library\V1\MediaItem */
        $id = $item->getId();
        $description = $item->getDescription();
        $mimeType = $item->getMimeType();
        $productUrl = $item->getProductUrl();
        $filename = $item->getFilename();
    }
} catch (\Google\ApiCore\ApiException $e) {
    // Handle error
}

REST

Here is a sample request:

POST https://photoslibrary.googleapis.com/v1/mediaItems:search
Content-type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer oauth2-token
{
  "pageSize": "100",
  "albumId": "album-id"
}

The POST request returns the following response:

{
  "mediaItems": [
    ...
  ],
  "nextPageToken": "token-for-pagination"
}

Java

try {
  // Make a request to list all media items in an album
  // Provide the ID of the album as a parameter in the searchMediaItems call
  // Iterate over all the retrieved media items
  SearchMediaItemsPagedResponse response = photosLibraryClient.searchMediaItems(albumId);

  for (MediaItem item : response.iterateAll()) {
    // ...
  }

} catch (ApiException e) {
  // Handle error
}

PHP

try {
    // Make a request to list all media items in an album
    // Provide the ID of the album as a parameter in the searchMediaItems call
    // Iterate over all the retrieved media items
    $response = $photosLibraryClient->searchMediaItems(['albumId' => $albumId]);
    foreach ($response->iterateAllElements() as $item) {
        // ...
    }
} catch (\Google\ApiCore\ApiException $e) {
    // Handle error
}

REST

Here is a sample request:

GET https://photoslibrary.googleapis.com/v1/sharedAlbums

The request returns the following result:

{
  "sharedAlbums": [...]
  "nextPageToken": "token-for-pagination"
}

Java

try {
  // Make a request to list all albums that have been shared by the user
  // Iterate over all the albums in this list
  // Pagination is handled automatically
  ListSharedAlbumsPagedResponse response = photosLibraryClient.listSharedAlbums();

  for (Album album : response.iterateAll()) {
    // ..
  }

} catch (ApiException e) {
  // Handle error
}

PHP

try {
    // Make a request to list all albums that have been shared by the user
    // Iterate over all the albums in this list
    // Pagination is handled automatically
    $response = $photosLibraryClient->listSharedAlbums();
    foreach ($response->iterateAllElements() as $album) {
        // ...
    }
} catch (\Google\ApiCore\ApiException $e) {
    // Handle error
}

REST

Here is a GET request to list all the albums from the user's Google Photos library created only by your app:

GET https://photoslibrary.googleapis.com/v1/albums?excludeNonAppCreatedData=true
Content-type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer oauth2-token

Here is a GET request to list all the shared albums from the user's Google Photos library created only by your app:

GET https://photoslibrary.googleapis.com/v1/sharedAlbums?excludeNonAppCreatedData=true
Content-type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer oauth2-token

Java

try {
  // Make a request to list all albums that have been created by your app
  boolean excludeNonAppCreatedData = true;

  // Iterate over all the albums in this list
  // Pagination is handled automatically
  ListAlbumsPagedResponse response = photosLibraryClient.listAlbums(excludeNonAppCreatedData);

  for (Album album : response.iterateAll()) {
    // ..
  }

} catch (ApiException e) {
  // Handle error
}

try {
  // Make a request to list all shared albums that have been created by your app
  boolean excludeNonAppCreatedData = true;

  // Iterate over all the albums in this list
  // Pagination is handled automatically
  ListSharedAlbumsPagedResponse response =
      photosLibraryClient.listSharedAlbums(excludeNonAppCreatedData);

  for (Album album : response.iterateAll()) {
    // ..
  }

} catch (ApiException e) {
  // Handle error
}

PHP

try {
    // Make a request to list all albums that have been created by your app
    $response = $photosLibraryClient->listAlbums(['excludeNonAppCreatedData' => true]);

    // Iterate over all the albums in this list
    // Pagination is handled automatically
    foreach ($response->iterateAllElements() as $album) {
        // ...
    }
} catch (\Google\ApiCore\ApiException $e) {
    // Handle error
}

try {
    // Make a request to list all shared albums that have been created by your app
    $response = $photosLibraryClient->listSharedAlbums(['excludeNonAppCreatedData' => true]);

    // Iterate over all the albums in this list
    // Pagination is handled automatically
    foreach ($response->iterateAllElements() as $album) {
        // ...
    }
} catch (\Google\ApiCore\ApiException $e) {
    // Handle error
}