Lists all shared albums available in the Sharing tab of the user's Google Photos app.

Scopes

You will need authorization for at least one of the following scopes to make a valid call:

  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/photoslibrary
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/photoslibrary.readonly
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/photoslibrary.readonly.appcreateddata

If unset, the scope for this method defaults to https://www.googleapis.com/auth/photoslibrary.readonly. You can set the scope for this method like this: photoslibrary1 --scope <scope> shared-albums list ...

Optional Output Flags

The method's return value a JSON encoded structure, which will be written to standard output by default.

  • -o out
    • out specifies the destination to which to write the server's result to. It will be a JSON-encoded structure. The destination may be - to indicate standard output, or a filepath that is to contain the received bytes. If unset, it defaults to standard output.

Optional Method Properties

You may set the following properties to further configure the call. Please note that -p is followed by one or more key-value-pairs, and is called like this -p k1=v1 k2=v2 even though the listing below repeats the -p for completeness.

  • -p exclude-non-app-created-data=boolean

    • If set, the results exclude media items that were not created by this app. Defaults to false (all albums are returned). This field is ignored if the photoslibrary.readonly.appcreateddata scope is used.

  • -p page-size=integer

    • Maximum number of albums to return in the response. Fewer albums might be returned than the specified number. The default pageSize is 20, the maximum is 50.

  • -p page-token=string

    • A continuation token to get the next page of the results. Adding this to the request returns the rows after the pageToken. The pageToken should be the value returned in the nextPageToken parameter in the response to the listSharedAlbums request.

Optional General Properties

The following properties can configure any call, and are not specific to this method.

  • -p $-xgafv=string

    • V1 error format.

  • -p access-token=string

    • OAuth access token.

  • -p alt=string

    • Data format for response.

  • -p callback=string

    • JSONP

  • -p fields=string

    • Selector specifying which fields to include in a partial response.

  • -p key=string

    • API key. Your API key identifies your project and provides you with API access, quota, and reports. Required unless you provide an OAuth 2.0 token.

  • -p oauth-token=string

    • OAuth 2.0 token for the current user.

  • -p pretty-print=boolean

    • Returns response with indentations and line breaks.

  • -p quota-user=string

    • Available to use for quota purposes for server-side applications. Can be any arbitrary string assigned to a user, but should not exceed 40 characters.

  • -p upload-type=string

    • Legacy upload protocol for media (e.g. "media", "multipart").

  • -p upload-protocol=string

    • Upload protocol for media (e.g. "raw", "multipart").