Google Apps Scripts: import (upload) media from Google Drive to Google Photos?

Question

I see that we can import (upload) media (photos, videos,...) from Google Drive to Google Photos. My goal is: do this task with code.

I have successfully got a list of photos from Google Drive, and I store their IDs in an Array. I have this code:

  var arrId =
  [
   //Some image id...
  ]; 
  var length = arrId.length;
  var driveApplication = DriveApp;
  for(var i=0;i<length;++i)
  {
    var file = driveApplication.getFileById(arrId[i]);
    //Now I got the file, how can I programmatically import this file to Google Photos
  }

I have searched the docs of Google Script, but I couldn't find any API of Google Photos.

Thanks.

Answer 1

• You want to upload an image file in Google Drive to Google Photo.
• You want to achieve this using Google Apps Script.

If my understanding is correct, how about this answer?

In this answer, I would like to achieve your goal using a Google Apps Script library of GPhotoApp. This library has the method for uploading a file in Google Drive to Google Photo.

Usage:

1. Linking Cloud Platform Project to Google Apps Script Project:

About this, you can see the detail flow at here.

2. Install library

Install this library.

• Library's project key is 1lGrUiaweQjQwVV_QwWuJDJVbCuY2T0BfVphw6VmT85s9LJFntav1wzs9.

IMPORTANT

This library uses V8 runtime. So please enable V8 at the script editor.

About scopes

This library use the following 2 scopes. In this case, when the library is installed, these scopes are automatically installed.

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/photoslibrary
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/script.external_request

Sample script 1:

At first, please retrieve the album ID you want to upload. For this, please use the following script.

function getAlbumList() {
  const excludeNonAppCreatedData = true;
  const res = GPhotoApp.getAlbumList(excludeNonAppCreatedData);
  console.log(res.map(e => ({title: e.title, id: e.id})))
}

Sample script 2:

Using the retrieved album ID, you can upload the image files to Google Photo. In this sample script, arrId of your script is used.

function uploadMediaItems() {
  const albumId = "###";  // Please set the album ID.
  var arrId =
  [
   //Some image id...
  ]; 

  const items = arrId.map(id => {
    const file = DriveApp.getFileById(id);
    return {blob: file.getBlob(), filename: file.getName()};
  });
  const res = GPhotoApp.uploadMediaItems({albumId: albumId, items: items});
  console.log(res)
}

Note:

• In my environment, I could confirm that the above scripts worked.

References:

• Photos Library API
• GPhotoApp