Retrieving profile image from Google+ API

Question

I am trying to pull JSON data from Google+ API. When I include the image attribute size of the image is set to 50px. How do I change the image size? I don't see it on the docs.

GET https://www.googleapis.com/plus/v1/people/100300281975626912157?fields=image&key={YOUR_API_KEY}

Response

{
 "image": {
  "url": "https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-U353P5vNuRE/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAABKM/a7U7bq251x0/photo.jpg?sz=50"
 }
}

Answer 1

There are two kinds of google images:

1. User-uploaded profile Image (ending with s96-c)

• For User-uploaded Image end of URL will contain "s96-c" just replace that with "s{anyhighernumber}-c" Example: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a-/AOh14GicX6CDo0rdCvI0him0hiURm8RFk6aStpHOZQUu=s1500-c

2. Google generated image (ending with photo.jpg)

• For Google Generated Image add "?sz={anyhighernumber}" at the end of the URL Example: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-smcmFKIr8Mw/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/AMZuuclFvz6ooU0vUDd-Qkpk5ExSRyEoFg/s96-c/photo.jpg?sz=1500

replace {anyhighernumber} with your desired resolution eg:1500