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Google Photos integration

Google Photos is a cloud-based photo storage and organization service offering automatic backups, AI-assisted search, and shared albums for personal and collaborative media management

Connect Google Photos to Xenition and work with it from chat, from an agent, or on a schedule — alongside every other app you have connected, in one workspace.

What you can do with Google Photos

Ask in plain language and Xenition calls the right one:

• Add Enrichment — Adds an enrichment at a specified position in a defined album.
• Batch Add Media Items — Adds one or more media items to an album in Google Photos.
• Batch Create Media Items — Batch upload and create media items in Google Photos. Supports three input methods: 1. 'urls': Simple list of public URLs (file names extracted automatically) 2. 'media_files': List of objects with url/file, file_name, and description 3. 'files': List of uploaded files Media items can optionally be added to an album at a specific position. Maximum 50 items per request.
• Batch Get Media Items — Returns the list of media items for the specified media item identifiers.
• Create Album — Creates a new album in Google Photos.
• Get Album — Returns the album based on the specified albumId.
• Download Photos Media Item — Downloads a media item from Google Photos and returns it as a file.
• List Albums — Lists all albums shown to a user in the Albums tab of Google Photos.
• List Media Items (App-Created Only) — Lists media items created by this application from Google Photos. DEPRECATION NOTICE: As of March 31, 2025, the Google Photos Library API ONLY returns media items that were uploaded/created by your application. This action CANNOT access the user's full photo library. Use cases this action SUPPORTS: - Listing photos/videos your app previously uploaded to the user's library - Managing app-created co
• List Shared Albums (Deprecated) — [DEPRECATED - sunset March 31, 2025] Lists all shared albums available in the Sharing tab of the user's Google Photos app. Use when you need to retrieve shared albums that are visible to the user in their Sharing tab.
• Search Media Items — Searches for media items in a user's Google Photos library.
• Update Album — Updates an album's title or cover photo in Google Photos.
• Update Media Item — Updates a media item's description in Google Photos.
• Upload Media — Upload a media file to Google Photos. Supports images (up to 200MB) and videos (up to 20GB).

Give an agent access to Google Photos

An agent you create can use Google Photos on your behalf and keep working while you do something else. Every action an agent takes goes through an approval gate first, so nothing touches your Google Photos account without you agreeing to it.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I connect Google Photos to Xenition?

Open the connectors directory in Xenition, find Google Photos, and sign in when the authorisation window opens. The connection is managed for you — there is no API key to create, paste or rotate.

What can Xenition do with Google Photos?

Xenition can run 14 different Google Photos actions, including Add Enrichment, Batch Add Media Items, Batch Create Media Items. You ask in plain language and the right one is called for you.

Can an agent use Google Photos on my behalf?

Yes. Agents can use Google Photos while you do something else, and every action passes through an approval gate before it runs.

Is there a free plan?

Yes. Xenition starts free with 25,000 credits a month and no credit card, and all connectors are available on every plan.