extract public image url from shared album url
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import * as GooglePhotosAlbum from '../src/index';
const main = async () => {
const re = await GooglePhotosAlbum.fetchImageUrls('https://photos.app.goo.gl/QCXy6XaKX5x1AynH8');
console.log(JSON.stringify(re, null, 2));
};
main().catch(er => console.error(er));
output example(see "Notice: Currently, there are two format of url
" section)
[
{
"uid": "AF1QipO4_Y5pseqWDPSlY7AAo0wmg76xW4gX0kOz8-p_",
"url": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Pt3C6874cqkfeuIVL0XZ-UCsC6zLzeQmxq7T9-sDiPhyAgvJiKl_SCrvrMMkpuWuZ1TFkU65ilaZJrCbePRYo1q1qGTYvFV6J8gbYfZhhxQuXm2zXx6QDQkj0K-uBBUzozw7YLYQ5g",
"width": 640,
"height": 480,
"imageUpdateDate": 1317552314000,
"albumAddDate": 1564229558506
},
{
"uid": "AF1QipNcKcm3bkXUXl3tNYFNTlBDZfKUqvvV3JJi8MVJ",
"url": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Sl8wPPURFbFINwqgcEywOnpUk8sksgGKJI25Wtl885abhMoGHrxZh_qEe26bQmfv1OAG4ZX8qkz1svnLSJJZjh317TuU4cTk1vN04MbucjU8mlX7uDy0CPxVe8gggL-ftx6VgqWYxA",
"width": 4000,
"height": 3000,
"imageUpdateDate": 1535348376000,
"albumAddDate": 1565370026893
},
{
"uid": "AF1QipNxMqbkMWKWOYGGwFwE4X9vOoGsn-L8BlwArcOQ",
"url": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/i9DN1Lz7ft-oo-_Ubrprm8m4XyrI0sDpd5QFBlsNCV2FrWR2KYE95zLgPYSWcqdodGkCMEv7QZOIvRgfRqjlYLrfHQmGlQosTlvfYV8LcpyllenyOpJcgY-qRFN1wTjfZ-yQ-mzqjw",
"width": 128,
"height": 128,
"imageUpdateDate": 1542123494000,
"albumAddDate": 1565369489286
},
{
"uid": "AF1QipNJ-9aWE3ufONJlqwUezKHj6u-fzMnT5_6XHppY",
"url": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ivJw0PWcKAIhffUa-1UMK75EMX7LQJ9CEwogzCpdZaFMw9_QcxKkWTiw74we5_0gW3dbFh2CRF60kngwc2tqtdy0r54VeEcSi-l77Jabr8QPP8IGUW3gfT6lFzR6RD8K0lpTFbT0Tw",
"width": 2560,
"height": 1920,
"imageUpdateDate": 1561102312000,
"albumAddDate": 1565372213085
},
{
"uid": "AF1QipPPgtqCsxCboAH8XkEJeUOFsL0FT1PakyZwkODX",
"url": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/W8s1YRbVDCzZB1MBkp9civLlO-nW5VODxaSkov4RAxI-rKxUaQou1vaTr1x1Upd_fv1jAEw-g8wACiQcKtJ2ZqlBtIYP-vHkr16Zl3BRU9K_1JsfTQ0ws5LDBptBHFlPAdwUh5NBCg",
"width": 1920,
"height": 835,
"imageUpdateDate": 1564142679000,
"albumAddDate": 1564149961764
}
]
Unlike the base URLs which can get via google photos api, url
is not temporally.
imageUpdateDate
and albumAddDate
are Unix epoch time.
By default the url retrieve a small version of the image, to retrieve it to a specific dimension just append to the url =wXXX-hXXX
where XXX
are the dimensions
Fetching all pictures in full dimensions would be:
let pics = await GooglePhotosAlbum.fetchImageUrls(albums[i]);
pics.forEach(pic => {
fetch(`${pic.url}=w${pic.width}-h${pic.height}`);
});
When you use this library with Google Photos API, you will want to call GooglePhotosAlbum.fetchImageUrls
multiple times to get the differences.
To extract new Image info created via batchCreate
of Google Photos API,
you can use GooglePhotosAlbum.extractAppended
.
import * as GooglePhotosAlbum from '../src/index';
const main = async () => {
const before = await GooglePhotosAlbum.fetchImageUrls('https://photos.app.goo.gl/QCXy6XaKX5x1AynH8');
// call batchCreate API
const after = await GooglePhotosAlbum.fetchImageUrls('https://photos.app.goo.gl/QCXy6XaKX5x1AynH8');
const appended = GooglePhotosAlbum.extractAppended(before, after);
console.log(JSON.stringify(appended, null, 2));
};
main().catch(er => console.error(er));
To prove url
is not temporally, we create a cron job on Travis CI. That is proving that url
is not temporally while the badge is green.
The Hydrangea macrophylla flower picture shown below is also proving that.
![format-1](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ivJw0PWcKAIhffUa-1UMK75EMX7LQJ9CEwogzCpdZaFMw9_QcxKkWTiw74we5_0gW3dbFh2CRF60kngwc2tqtdy0r54VeEcSi-l77Jabr8QPP8IGUW3gfT6lFzR6RD8K0lpTFbT0Tw)
![format-2](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AL9nZEVCkd_5McMGTASxXDATcHabzpXxroM4D7A3qfk13tF0_IiixjIrVWf_HyPak8LPhrOJ_5t8911M4btRzYMnkrWKdFFGBLFG4Ksyes2WLO-RlHqPZu8)
As far as I detected via CI shown above, there are two format of url
like below:
- "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Pt3C6874cqkfeuIVL0XZ-UCsC6zLzeQmxq7T9-sDiPhyAgvJiKl_SCrvrMMkpuWuZ1TFkU65ilaZJrCbePRYo1q1qGTYvFV6J8gbYfZhhxQuXm2zXx6QDQkj0K-uBBUzozw7YLYQ5g"
- exists since at least 2019(maybe from Google Photos started).
- "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AL9nZEV1iNMg-BoRi9GwhhnWNG1SLsFVVhn3xcwh2HaFendlbRJ4DbmEVO9EhQ1SrM4H3zXcbiBYLT9F-e7oyq8I1mrluxlb-00N8dimii_zV7fbE3F080Y"
- exists since at least
2022-11-20T17:27:38Z
.
- exists since at least
I cannot find the way to specify the format. See #19.