Method: sharedAlbums.join

Joins a shared album on behalf of the Google Photos user.

HTTP request

POST https://photoslibrary.googleapis.com/v1/sharedAlbums:join

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Request body

The request body contains data with the following structure:

JSON representation 
{
  "shareToken": string
}
Fields
shareToken

string

Required. Token to join the shared album on behalf of the user.

Response body

Response to successfully joining the shared album on behalf of the user.

If successful, the response body contains data with the following structure:

JSON representation 
{
  "album": {
    object (Album)
  }
}
Fields
album

object (Album)

Shared album that the user has joined.

Authorization scopes

Requires the following OAuth scope:

  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/photoslibrary.sharing