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Google Photos Library

The Google Photos Library API allows you to manage photos, videos, and albums in Google Photos. You can create and manage albums, upload and retrieve media items, search through your photo library, and share albums with other users. The API uses OAuth 2.0 for authentication and requires a Google account.

Google Photos Library publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Albums API, MediaItems API, MediaItems:search API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include Albums, Google, Images, Media, and Photos.

The Google Photos Library catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Google Photos Library’s developer surface includes authentication, getting-started guide, pricing, and 7 more developer resources.

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51.1/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try
4 APIs
AlbumsGoogleImagesMediaPhotosSharingStorage

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Composite quality — 51.1/100 · developing
Contract Quality 17.6 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 4.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 7.4 / 10
Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 4

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Google Photos Library Albums API

The Albums API from Google Photos Library — 2 operation(s) for albums.

Google Photos Library MediaItems API

The MediaItems API from Google Photos Library — 2 operation(s) for mediaitems.

Google Photos Library MediaItems:search API

The MediaItems:search API from Google Photos Library — 1 operation(s) for mediaitems:search.

Google Photos Library SharedAlbums API

The SharedAlbums API from Google Photos Library — 1 operation(s) for sharedalbums.

Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Google Photos Library API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Google Photos Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Google Photos Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Google Photos Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Photos Context

13 classes · 3 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Google Photos Library API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 1

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Google Photos Media Item

7 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Google Photos Authentication

oauth2 · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Google Photos Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Google Photos Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Google Photos Scopes

3 scopes · authorizationCode

3 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Google Photos Agentic Access

8 operations · 3 acting

8 operations · 3 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

GettingStarted
GettingStarted

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLD
JSONLD

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication
 OAuthScopes
OAuthScopes

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing

Company 1

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
name: Google Photos Library
description: The Google Photos Library API allows you to manage photos, videos, and albums in Google Photos. You can create
  and manage albums, upload and retrieve media items, search through your photo library, and share albums with other users.
  The API uses OAuth 2.0 for authentication and requires a Google account.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/google-photos.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/google-photos/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-13'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.18'
tags:
- Albums
- Google
- Images
- Media
- Photos
- Sharing
- Storage
apis:
- aid: google-photos:google-photos-albums-api
  name: Google Photos Library Albums API
  description: The Albums API from Google Photos Library — 2 operation(s) for albums.
  humanURL: https://developers.google.com/photos
  baseURL: https://photoslibrary.googleapis.com/v1
  tags:
  - Albums
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-photos-albums-api-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/photos.json
- aid: google-photos:google-photos-mediaitems-api
  name: Google Photos Library MediaItems API
  description: The MediaItems API from Google Photos Library — 2 operation(s) for mediaitems.
  humanURL: https://developers.google.com/photos
  baseURL: https://photoslibrary.googleapis.com/v1
  tags:
  - MediaItems
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-photos-mediaitems-api-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/photos.json
- aid: google-photos:google-photos-mediaitems-search-api
  name: Google Photos Library MediaItems:search API
  description: The MediaItems:search API from Google Photos Library — 1 operation(s) for mediaitems:search.
  humanURL: https://developers.google.com/photos
  baseURL: https://photoslibrary.googleapis.com/v1
  tags:
  - MediaItems:search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-photos-mediaitems-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/photos.json
- aid: google-photos:google-photos-sharedalbums-api
  name: Google Photos Library SharedAlbums API
  description: The SharedAlbums API from Google Photos Library — 1 operation(s) for sharedalbums.
  humanURL: https://developers.google.com/photos
  baseURL: https://photoslibrary.googleapis.com/v1
  tags:
  - SharedAlbums
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/google-photos-sharedalbums-api-openapi.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/photos.json
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/google-photos-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/google-photos-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/google-photos-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/google-photos-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/google-photos-scopes.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/googlesamples
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/google-photos
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://developers.google.com/photos/library/guides/get-started
- type: Pricing
  url: https://developers.google.com/photos/library/guides/api-client-libraries
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/photos.jsonld
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com