Getting Started with Google Photos API and Python (Part 1)

In this Google Photos API and Python tutorial series, I will be covering how to use the Google Photos API in Python.

The Photos API has 3 main resources. You can think each resource as a class for a specific purpose. And for each resource, I will make an individual video for each of them.

I will guide you thorugh every single step to the point you can start hit the ground running.

Google.py

import pickle
import os
from google_auth_oauthlib.flow import Flow, InstalledAppFlow
from googleapiclient.discovery import build
from googleapiclient.http import MediaFileUpload
from google.auth.transport.requests import Request

def Create_Service(client_secret_file, api_name, api_version, *scopes):
    print(client_secret_file, api_name, api_version, scopes, sep='-')
    CLIENT_SECRET_FILE = client_secret_file
    API_SERVICE_NAME = api_name
    API_VERSION = api_version
    SCOPES = [scope for scope in scopes[0]]

    cred = None

    pickle_file = f'token_{API_SERVICE_NAME}_{API_VERSION}.pickle'
    # print(pickle_file)

    if os.path.exists(pickle_file):
        with open(pickle_file, 'rb') as token:
            cred = pickle.load(token)

    if not cred or not cred.valid:
        if cred and cred.expired and cred.refresh_token:
            cred.refresh(Request())
        else:
            flow = InstalledAppFlow.from_client_secrets_file(CLIENT_SECRET_FILE, SCOPES)
            cred = flow.run_local_server()

        with open(pickle_file, 'wb') as token:
            pickle.dump(cred, token)

    try:
        service = build(API_SERVICE_NAME, API_VERSION, credentials=cred)
        print(API_SERVICE_NAME, 'service created successfully')
        return service
    except Exception as e:
        print(e)
    return None

def convert_to_RFC_datetime(year=1900, month=1, day=1, hour=0, minute=0):
    dt = datetime.datetime(year, month, day, hour, minute, 0).isoformat() + 'Z'
    return dt

init_photo_service.py

import os
from Google import Create_Service

API_NAME = 'photoslibrary'
API_VERSION = 'v1'
CLIENT_SECRET_FILE = 'client_secret_GoogleAPITutorials_PhotoDesktopApp.json'
SCOPES = ['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/photoslibrary',
          'https://www.googleapis.com/auth/photoslibrary.sharing']

service = Create_Service(CLIENT_SECRET_FILE,API_NAME, API_VERSION, SCOPES)