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0001 .. meta:: 0002 :description: digiKam Import from Google Web-Service 0003 :keywords: digiKam, documentation, user manual, photo management, open source, free, learn, easy, google, impport 0004 0005 .. metadata-placeholder 0006 0007 :authors: - digiKam Team 0008 0009 :license: see Credits and License page for details (https://docs.digikam.org/en/credits_license.html) 0010 0011 .. _google_import: 0012 0013 Import from Google 0014 ================== 0015 0016 .. contents:: 0017 0018 Overview 0019 -------- 0020 0021 This tool allows the user to upload photos to the `Google Photo <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Photos>`_ web services. 0022 0023 **Google Photos** is a photo sharing which automatically analyzes photos, identifying various visual features and subjects. Users can search for anything in photos including faces and group similar ones together. 0024 0025 The tool can be used to download files from the remote Google Photo server to the image collections on your computer using the Internet. Use the :menuselection:`Import --> Import from Google Photo` :kbd:`Alt+Shift+P` menu entry to access to this tool, or use the icon from the **Tools** tab in the Right Sidebar. 0026 0027 Login to your Account 0028 --------------------- 0029 0030 When accessing the tool for the first time you are taken through the process of obtaining a token which is used for authentication purposes. The following dialog will popup and a browser window will be launched to help you loggging in to Google: 0031 0032 .. figure:: images/import_google_login.webp 0033 :alt: 0034 :align: center 0035 0036 The Google Dialog to Select Account 0037 0038 After successful signup digiKam will be allowed to send photos to the Google website. You will be presented with the following page on successful signup: 0039 0040 .. figure:: images/import_google_authorize.webp 0041 :alt: 0042 :align: center 0043 0044 The Google Dialog to Authorize Application 0045 0046 Then, simply authorize application and close the web browser. Return to the host application dialog, you will see the interface used to upload photos to Google. 0047 0048 .. note:: 0049 0050 When the tool is invoked for second time, it will remember the previous account automatically. 0051 0052 Download from your Account 0053 -------------------------- 0054 0055 The download dialog for **Google Photo** web-service is presented below: 0056 0057 .. figure:: images/import_google_photo_dialog.webp 0058 :alt: 0059 :align: center 0060 0061 The Google Photo Import Dialog 0062 0063 With the **Album** options, you can select the online folder to get files to download. You can **Reload** the list on the combo-box if online contents have been changed in Google web interface. 0064 0065 Below, the main dialog propose the hierarchy of physical **Albums** from your collection. Selected one target entry to import files, or if you want a new one, just press **New Album** button to create a nested entry in the tree-view. 0066 0067 Press **Start Download** button to transfer items. You can click on the **Close** button to abort the uploading of photos.