(2018-07-07, 22:40)dmdsoftware Wrote: Google made available a Google Photos API in June 2018.  I'm going to play around with it.  It is apparently now possible to download and view photos stored in Google Photos, among a slew of other features.  I just care about getting photos into Google Photos, for starters, as there are no existing linux tools to do such.  I relied on using the Picasa API for uploading, which was limited (restricted file upload size) and was error prone and simply completely dead recently.

(2019-07-27, 04:46)dmdsoftware Wrote: I'm actually intending on updating the google drive plugin to support google photos api.  I have some proof-of-concept code running in my emby plugin that plays back Google Photo videos via both the Google Photos API and through the calls that the website makes.  In both cases there are some advantages over google drive playback for transcoding, such as offering 4k transcoding + no need for CORs authentication.  In addition, with recent updates from google, it is possible for a user to maintain an unlimited google video library in their google photos without having to pay for unlimited google drive.

(2019-08-01, 06:58)sabrex Wrote:

(2019-07-27, 04:46)dmdsoftware Wrote: I'm actually intending on updating the google drive plugin to support google photos api.  I have some proof-of-concept code running in my emby plugin that plays back Google Photo videos via both the Google Photos API and through the calls that the website makes.  In both cases there are some advantages over google drive playback for transcoding, such as offering 4k transcoding + no need for CORs authentication.  In addition, with recent updates from google, it is possible for a user to maintain an unlimited google video library in their google photos without having to pay for unlimited google drive.

That's fantastic news! It would be amazing if I could browse and view both photos and videos in mediaItems, albums, and sharedAlbums from my Google Photos library in one place, perhaps by paging through 25 items at a time.  Do you think something like that could be possible?  Also, any thoughts on creating a totally separate add-on to only display Google Photos content, instead of adding the functionality to the Google Drive addon? 

(2019-07-27, 04:46)dmdsoftware Wrote: I'm actually intending on updating the google drive plugin to support google photos api.  I have some proof-of-concept code running in my emby plugin that plays back Google Photo videos via both the Google Photos API and through the calls that the website makes.  In both cases there are some advantages over google drive playback for transcoding, such as offering 4k transcoding + no need for CORs authentication.  In addition, with recent updates from google, it is possible for a user to maintain an unlimited google video library in their google photos without having to pay for unlimited google drive.