Google Photos Library OAuth Scopes

OAuth 2.0 searched

Google Photos Library publishes 6 OAuth 2.0 scopes via the authorizationCode flow. Scopes are the fine-grained permissions an application requests at authorization time to act against the Google Photos Library API on a user’s behalf.

Tokens are issued from https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token.

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AlbumsGoogleImageMediaPhotosSharingStorage

Scopes: 6 Flows: authorizationCode Method: searched

OAuth endpoints

Authorization URL
https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth

Token URL
https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token

Flows
authorizationCode

Scopes (6)

Scope	Description	Flows
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/photoslibrary	View and manage your Google Photos library	authorizationCode
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/photoslibrary.readonly	View your Google Photos library	authorizationCode
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/photoslibrary.sharing	Manage and add to shared albums	authorizationCode
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/photoslibrary.appendonly	Write access only. Access to upload bytes, create media items, create albums, and add enrichments.	authorizationCode
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/photoslibrary.readonly.appcreateddata	Read access to media items and albums created by the developer.	authorizationCode
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/photoslibrary.edit.appcreateddata	Edit access only. Access to change these details for albums and media items created by the developer.	authorizationCode

📄 Provider scope reference: https://developers.google.com/photos/overview/authorization

Source

OAuth Scopes

generated: '2026-11-11'
method: searched
source: openapi/photos.yml
schemes:
- name: oauth2
  source: openapi/photos.yml
  flows:
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth
    tokenUrl: https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token
scopes:
- scope: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/photoslibrary
  description: View and manage your Google Photos library
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/photos.yml
  status: removed
  note: Removed from the Library API after March 31, 2025 (docs).
- scope: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/photoslibrary.readonly
  description: View your Google Photos library
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/photos.yml
  status: removed
  note: Removed from the Library API after March 31, 2025 (docs).
- scope: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/photoslibrary.sharing
  description: Manage and add to shared albums
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/photos.yml
  status: removed
  note: Removed from the Library API after March 31, 2025 (docs).
- scope: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/photoslibrary.appendonly
  description: Write access only. Access to upload bytes, create media items, create
    albums, and add enrichments.
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  status: active
  sources:
  - https://developers.google.com/photos/overview/authorization
- scope: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/photoslibrary.readonly.appcreateddata
  description: Read access to media items and albums created by the developer.
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  status: active
  sources:
  - https://developers.google.com/photos/overview/authorization
- scope: https://www.googleapis.com/auth/photoslibrary.edit.appcreateddata
  description: Edit access only. Access to change these details for albums and media
    items created by the developer.
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  status: active
  sources:
  - https://developers.google.com/photos/overview/authorization
docs: https://developers.google.com/photos/overview/authorization

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