Bug 422597

Summary:	Upload counts on Google Drive space
Product:	[Applications] digikam	Reporter:	hmueller <kde>
Component:	Plugin-WebService-Google	Assignee:	Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	caulier.gilles, metzpinguin
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	7.0.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Other
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Description hmueller 2020-06-07 21:26:08 UTC

Upload using the Google Photos Export always counts on Google Drive/Photos space, even if "Upload original image file" is not checked. Is it possible to upload to the "free unlimited space" (with high quality and reduced image file size)? Or is the API not able to do that?

Comment 1 Maik Qualmann 2020-06-08 05:34:51 UTC

No, this is restricted in the API, see here:

https://developers.google.com/photos/library/guides/api-limits-quotas#photo-storage-quality

Maik

Comment 2 hmueller 2020-06-08 09:54:02 UTC

Ok, thanks. Too bad. Maybe a tooltip info would help others.
It is possible to compress photos at
https://photos.google.com/settings
So changing file during upload does not really help. I would suggest always upload original and let Google do the compression. Otherwise pictures might me reduced two times ... (couldn't verify this, as Google allows compression only once a day, but it is very likely)