Method: albums.list

  • Lists all albums displayed in the user's Google Photos Albums tab using the GET https://photoslibrary.googleapis.com/v1/albums request.

  • Allows pagination with pageSize and pageToken query parameters to control the number of albums returned and retrieve subsequent pages.

  • The response provides a list of albums and a nextPageToken for further navigation if available.

  • Requires authorization with one of the specified OAuth scopes, such as https://www.googleapis.com/auth/photoslibrary, for access.

  • Can exclude non-app created data using the excludeNonAppCreatedData parameter or the photoslibrary.readonly.appcreateddata scope.

Lists all albums shown to a user in the Albums tab of the Google Photos app.

HTTP request

GET https://photoslibrary.googleapis.com/v1/albums

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Query parameters

Parameters
pageSize

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.
pageToken

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 listAlbums request.
excludeNonAppCreatedData

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.

Request body

The request body must be empty.

Response body

List of albums requested.

If successful, the response body contains data with the following structure:

JSON representation 
{
  "albums": [
    {
      object (Album)
    }
  ],
  "nextPageToken": string
}
Fields
albums[]

object (Album)

Output only. List of albums shown in the Albums tab of the user's Google Photos app.
nextPageToken

string

Output only. Token to use to get the next set of albums. Populated if there are more albums to retrieve for this request.

Authorization scopes

Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:

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