CONNECT APP
Build with Google Photos
File Storage
- OAuth
MCP
Give your agent Google Photos tools
Every Google Photos action is exposed as an MCP tool on Pipedream's remote server. Point a client at it with your end user's ID and Connect resolves that user's Google Photos account for each tool call — you store no tokens.
// accessToken: mint a short-lived token with the Connect SDK — see the MCP guide
const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
new URL("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3"),
{
requestInit: {
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
"x-pd-project-id": "{project_id}",
"x-pd-environment": "production",
"x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
"x-pd-app-slug": "google_photos",
},
},
},
)
const mcp = new Client({ name: "my-agent", version: "1.0.0" })
await mcp.connect(transport)
const { tools } = await mcp.listTools()
// e.g. run Add Items To Album:
const result = await mcp.callTool({
name: "google_photos-add-items-to-album",
arguments: {
albumId: "Album ID",
mediaItemIds: ["Media Item IDs"],
},
})# access_token: mint a short-lived token with the Connect SDK — see the MCP guide
headers = {
"Authorization": f"Bearer {access_token}",
"x-pd-project-id": "{project_id}",
"x-pd-environment": "production",
"x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}", # any stable ID for this user in your system
"x-pd-app-slug": "google_photos",
}
async with streamablehttp_client("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3", headers=headers) as (read, write, _):
async with ClientSession(read, write) as session:
await session.initialize()
tools = await session.list_tools()
# e.g. run Add Items To Album:
result = await session.call_tool("google_photos-add-items-to-album", {
"albumId": "Album ID",
"mediaItemIds": ["Media Item IDs"],
})API PROXY
Call the Google Photos API directly
For an endpoint with no pre-built tool, the Connect proxy forwards your request to the Google Photos API with the connected user's credentials attached. You store no tokens and write no refresh logic.
const resp = await pd.proxy.get({
externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
accountId: "apn_xxxxxxx",
url: "https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/userinfo",
})
// Any allowed Google Photos endpoint works here. Pipedream attaches the
// connected account's credentials to the outgoing request.# The path segment is the target URL, URL-safe base64 encoded:
# https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v1/userinfo
curl "https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/proxy/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlYXBpcy5jb20vb2F1dGgyL3YxL3VzZXJpbmZv?external_user_id={external_user_id}&account_id=apn_xxxxxxx" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
-H "x-pd-environment: production"SDK
Run Google Photos actions from your backend
Connect a user's Google Photos account once, then run Add Items To Album on their behalf from your own code — TypeScript, Python, or plain HTTP.
import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"
const pd = new PipedreamClient({
projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
projectEnvironment: "production",
})
const result = await pd.actions.run({
id: "google_photos-add-items-to-album",
externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
configuredProps: {
google_photos: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
albumId: "Album ID",
mediaItemIds: ["Media Item IDs"],
},
})from pipedream import Pipedream
pd = Pipedream(
client_id="{oauth_client_id}",
client_secret="{oauth_client_secret}",
project_id="{project_id}",
project_environment="production",
)
result = pd.actions.run(
id="google_photos-add-items-to-album",
external_user_id="{external_user_id}", # any stable ID for this user in your system
configured_props={
"google_photos": {"authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx"},
"albumId": "Album ID",
"mediaItemIds": ["Media Item IDs"],
},
)curl -X POST https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/actions/run \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PD-Environment: production" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
-d '{
"external_user_id": "{external_user_id}",
"id": "google_photos-add-items-to-album",
"configured_props": {
"google_photos": { "authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx" },
"albumId": "Album ID",
"mediaItemIds": ["Media Item IDs"]
}
}'TOOLS
Google Photos actions
On-demand operations your product or agent can configure and run on behalf of a connected user.
-
Add Items To Album
actionAdds selected items to the selected album. See the documentationWritev0.0.2 -
Create Album
actionCreates an album. See the documentationWritev0.0.2 -
Get Media Item
actionRetrieves a media item See the documentationRead-onlyv0.0.2 -
List Library Contents
actionRetrieves library contents See the documentationRead-onlyv0.0.2 -
Share Album
actionSets an album shareable. Returns a share token and url. See the documentationWritev0.0.3 -
Upload Item
actionUploads an item to Google Photos. See the documentationWritev1.0.3
EVENTS
Google Photos triggers
Event sources your backend can deploy for users and receive through a webhook.
No Google Photos triggers are available yet.
MULTI-APP
Use Google Photos with other popular apps
Most products don't stop at one integration. Pair Google Photos with the other apps your users rely on, and ship use cases that span both.
- App slug
- google_photos
- Authentication
- OAuth
- Categories
- File Storage
- Actions
- 6
- Triggers
- 0
- API proxy
- Available
OAuth scopes
These are the scopes Pipedream's managed Google Photos OAuth client requests when one of your users connects an account. Supply your own OAuth client to request a different set.
- profile
- https://www.googleapis.com/auth/photoslibrary.readonly.appcreateddata
- https://www.googleapis.com/auth/photoslibrary.edit.appcreateddata
- https://www.googleapis.com/auth/photoslibrary.appendonly