Upload photos

You can upload photos to the Google My Business API using two methods:

• Upload from a URL.
• Upload from bytes.

Upload from a URL

To upload photos to the Google My Business API using a URL, making the following call to Media.Create:

POST https://mybusiness.googleapis.com/v4/accounts/1234/locations/4567/media
{
  "mediaFormat": "PHOTO",
  "locationAssociation": {
    "category": "COVER"
  },
  "sourceUrl": “http://example.com/biz/image.jpg",
}

Upload from bytes

Use the following steps to upload photos to the Google My Business API from bytes:

Note: Uploading a photo from bytes is supported for locations only. To include a photo in a local post, you must upload from a URL.

1. To begin the upload, making the following call:

     POST https://mybusiness.googleapis.com/v4/accounts/1234/locations/4567/media:startUpload
     

   The response from the API returns a body that contains a MediaItemDataRef:

     {
     "resourceName": "GoogleProvidedValue",
     }

2. Use the resourceName returned by the call made in the previous step to upload the bytes:

   curl -X POST -T ~/Downloads/pictureToUpload.jpg  "https://mybusiness.googleapis.com/upload/v1/media/{GoogleProvidedValue}?upload_type=media"

3. Call Media.Create using the resourceName returned in Step 1:

     POST https://mybusiness.googleapis.com/v4/accounts/1234/locations/4567/media
     {
       "mediaFormat": "PHOTO",
       "locationAssociation": {
         "category": "COVER"
       },
       "dataRef": {
         "resourceName": "GoogleProvidedValue"
       },
     }