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Method: sharedAlbums.join
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Beginning March 31, 2025, this method will no longer work. Some or all of the scopes previously used for this method are being removed. Please see Photos APIs updates for more details.
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
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