Google Photos
The Google Photos modules enable you to create, list, retrieve, share and unshare albums and monitor, retrieve, download or upload media in your Google Photos.
Getting Started with Google Photos
Prerequisites
A Google account
In order to use Google Photos with Make, it is necessary to have a Google account. If you do not have one, you can create a Google account at photos.google.com.
Note
The module dialog fields that are displayed in bold (in the Make scenario, not in this documentation article) are mandatory!
Connecting Google Photos to Make
To connect your Google Photos account to Make follow the general instructions for Connecting to services.
After you click the Continue button, Make will redirect you to the Google Photos website where you will be prompted to grant Make access to your account.
Confirm the dialog by clicking the Allow button.
Album
Retrieves album from your Google Photos.
Connection | |
Retrieve only albums created using API | If this option is enabled, only albums that were created by (any) API will be returned. |
Limit | Set the maximum number of albums Make will return during one execution cycle. |
Retrieves album details.
Connection | |
Album ID | Enter (map) or select the album you want to retrieve details about. |
Creates a new empty album.
Connection | |
Title | Enter the name for the new album. |
Media
Retrieves media details when new media are added to an album.
Connection | |
Album | Select the album you want to watch for new media. If no album is selected, all albums will be monitored. |
Limit | Set the maximum number of media Make will return during one execution cycle. |
Retrieves media from the specified album.
Connection | |
Album ID | Select or map the album you want to retrieve media from. If no album is selected, all media in your account will be retrieved. |
Limit | Set the maximum number of media Make will return during one execution cycle. |
Retrieves details of a specified media.
Connection | |
Media Item ID | Select or map the ID of the media you want to retrieve details about. |
Downloads a file from the Base URL provided by the Watch Media Items, List Media Items, or Get a Media Item modules.
Base URL | Map the Base URL from the previous module. |
Uploads a file to an album.
Note
Files can be uploaded only to the albums that were created using Make (or via another API).
The maximum file sizes and other useful information can be found in the Google Photos Documentation for Uploading Media.
Connection | |
Source File | Map the file you want to upload from the previous module (e.g. HTTP > Get a File or Dropbox > Get a file). |
Description | Enter the description for the media. |
Album | Select the album you want to upload the media to. The album must be created by Make (or via another API). |
Allows you to perform a custom API call.
Connection | |
URL | Enter a path relative to NoteFor the list of available endpoints, refer to the Photos Library API Documentation. |
Method | Select the HTTP method you want to use: GET to retrieve information for an entry. POST to create a new entry. PUT to update/replace an existing entry. PATCH to make a partial entry update. DELETE to delete an entry. |
Headers | Enter the desired request headers. You don't have to add authorization headers; we already did that for you. |
Query String | Enter the request query string. |
Body | Enter the body content for your API call. |
The following API call returns the all albums in your Google Photos:
URL:
/v1/albums
Method:
GET
The results can be found in the module's Output under Bundle > Body > albums.
In our example, 10 tickets were returned:
