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CONNECT APP

Build with Google Photos

Google Photos is the home for all your photos and videos

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"],
  },
})

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.

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"],
  },
})

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.

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REFERENCE

App details

Reference metadata for the Google Photos connector in the Pipedream registry.

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.

  • email
  • profile
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/photoslibrary.readonly.appcreateddata
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/photoslibrary.edit.appcreateddata
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/photoslibrary.appendonly