GitHub - rjsanghamitra/gpsync
source link: https://github.com/rjsanghamitra/gpsync
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This is a tool written in Golang that creates a backup of Google Photos in your local system.
- It uses Goroutines to download Album Photos.
- It does not create duplicates of photos.
- It does not creates symlinks of photos in Album Photos if they already exist in Library Photos.
How to use?
Create a Google OAuth Web Client ID. Download the json file and store it in your home directory.
You can follow the steps in this webpage to create a Google OAuth Client ID https://developers.google.com/identity/gsi/web/guides/get-google-api-clientid
Download this
https://github.com/rjsanghamitra/gpsync/releases/download/v1.0.0/gpsync_1.0.0_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz
Extract the file contents and open terminal in that directory.
Run the following command:
./gpsync --path <path>
You can specify the path where you want to store the photos as a command line argument.
Disclaimer: Since this tool uses Google Photos API, which is known to be slightly buggy, it might not download all the photos in your account.
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