Google Photo Sync

I recently got a new NVidia Shield with Android TV and after setting everything up I wanted to add a screen saver. There are tons of them and some of them even can take a Google Photo album and make your TV a digital picture frame.

I thought it would be great because I already use Google Photos for sharing albums with other people.

So I tried to log in.

And I didn’t do it.

The screensaver app did not only need access to my photos. It also wanted my personal details, email address, contact list, and other details. This was unacceptable.

Then I thought about it: These apps normally can use images stored on the device or a connected drive. My NAS is already connected to the Shield so…​

I already had some experience with the Google API from projects like the Infoscreen and the Simple Callback Server.

I decided to make it easier for users who are not familiar with the API, so I created a CLI to set everything up.

I think the README is pretty good so no need to explain the setup process.

My detection for images with similar names is bad (but it works and I can only think of one edge case where it doesn’t). I could use MD5s to make it better.