Get list of all files in Google Photos

Question

My ultimate goal is to get a list with all the files (photos, videos) in my Google Photos account preferably with their path.

If I have to use some API I would rather use a .NET based one. Can you provide some directions in this matter?

I've tried the Gdata API, via the PicasaService, but providing my email/password as credentials did not work and I always get 404 response.

Answer 1

If you want to list all your photos and check them against your backups you could use my python project https://pypi.org/project/gphotos-sync/ which uses the new(ish) Google Photos API.

This will:-

• index all of your media and albums into a SQL database
• download a local backup (if required)
• make a comparison of your new local backup against previous backups
• give you a list of the files missing from your library
• give you a list of files missing from your previous backups
• give you a list of all the duplicates in your backup folders

Note that the comparison works on metadata in the files themselves and the folder structure and filenames need not match for it to work.