The Google API has a upload limit of 50 images per batch. I think we are doing it right. As a test I had already tried 70 images in one piece. What happens if you stay under 50 images?

Maik

9 photos selected => 9 photos transferred

48 photos selected => 48 photos transferred

I have now uploaded a set of small photos (250) and a set of large photos (250) where the upload took about an hour, I could not reproduce the problem.

I already use the pre-release version digiKam-6.3.0 where we have fixed an error, that the upload fails if there are quotes in the metadata of the images of title or description. Is that possibly the case with you?

Maik

68 photos selected => no photo at google photo.

I wonder if it is a delay problem. My internet link is slow, an upload about 954 kbit/s (119 kB/s)

The most complicated description is "Parc Montsouris - Général San Martin".
All photos of this type are well transferred.

What do you mean by "quote" ? These symbols ' or " ?

If yes there are quotes in metadata of all photos. For example 

GPS longitude 2deg 20' 17"

In digiKam-6.2.0 make images with a " in the metadata of title or description field problems.

How long does the upload take if it does not work? Unfortunately, the doc of the Google API does not provide information on how long an upload token is valid.
For explanation:
First, all images are uploaded, so they are not yet in the target album, but in the Google Cloud. We get an upload token and save it.
After uploading all images, the images are now moved to the selected album with the upload token. Title and description information added, etc.

Maik

to transfer 246 photos the estimated time is 2 h.

it would be useful to enrich dialog with user with estimated time like any copy or transfer procedure.

user must be informed when transfer is complete then he can go to google photo to see the album.

User must be informed that 246/246 does not mark the end of the transfer procedure. The button "close" must be in grey till the end or before to close the window you must ask for user if he confirms because there is a procedure running.

Also it would be useful to add an "interrupt" and a "cancel" button.


Thanks

i retried a transfer of 246 photos.

after getting 246/246 i get the authentication message.

i wait for 30 mn then check :

- progress indicator is still on all 246 thumbnails
- at google photo the album is empty

in album list if i click on "load again" i get the authentication message.
then
i reconnect to my google account
then
i can refresh the album list.

Progress indicator on all thumbnails is still there and album still empty.

i tried to transfer by batch of 48.

at the fifth batch at the moment i get 48/48 i get an error message :

Error transferring https://photoslibrary.googleapis.com/v1/mediaItems:batchCreate - server replied: Bad Request

progress indicator on thumbnails stays spinning.

at google photo then photos was not added.

(In reply to Philippe ROUBACH from comment #12)
> i tried to transfer by batch of 48.
> 
> at the fifth batch at the moment i get 48/48 i get an error message :
> 
> Error transferring
> https://photoslibrary.googleapis.com/v1/mediaItems:batchCreate - server
> replied: Bad Request
> 
> progress indicator on thumbnails stays spinning.
> 
> at google photo then photos was not added.

This looks like the bug in digiKam-6.2.0. We wait until you have tested pre-release 6.3.0.

Maik

Maik, 

Perhaps a tip somewhere in plugin settings widget can help users to prevent future problems about Google download limitations.

Gilles

today i tried to tansfer the last 48 photos then it fails as previous transfer.

i am going to finish transfer with google photo import tool.

Today, next digiKam 7.0.0 beta2 64 bits pre-release AppImage bundle will be
published with last Qt5.14 and QtWebEngine by default (instead QtWebkit).

Please test and give us a feedback to see if problem remain on your computer.

https://files.kde.org/digikam/

Thanks in advance

Giles Caulier

7.00 beta 2

It remains a problem: photos and video are well in the good Google photo album, but they don't appear in "google photo > photos > today".

Thanks Philippe for the feedback.

Perhaps it depend of the Exif date parsed from image by Google when importing files ? If date is not today...

Gilles

(In reply to caulier.gilles from comment #18)
> Thanks Philippe for the feedback.
> 
> Perhaps it depend of the Exif date parsed from image by Google when
> importing files ? If date is not today...
> 
> Gilles

no, today refers to the date of the import i never imported the photos same day i took them.

The virtual albums like "Today" are managed by Google and we have no influence on that. Google reads the Exif date from the images and sorts them accordingly. The upload date is not interesting. If you use the Time Adjust Tool to change an image to today's date and upload it, it will also be displayed under "Today".

Maik

if we import photo from google photo with google import tool then imported photos are in the album and in "today"

i must be accurate for diagnostic.

only the last selected photo was put in "today"

Sorry I don't understand that now. Are you talking about Google import tool, so download? In digiKam you cannot select individual images when importing, but only entire albums. And what should the import have to do with the "Today" view on Google Photo?

Maik

ok i define again the problem.

go to photo.google.com
use import tool
photos are put in album and in "today"

in the past with digikam
use export tool
photos are put in album and in "today"

with digikam 7 beta 2
use export tool
photos are put in album and only one is put in today.

When exporting photos if only one photo is put in "today"
then
hypothesis 1 : google api gets a problem.
hypothesis 2 : digikam export tool gets a problem.

did you try to reproduce phenomenon ?

I confirm the problem at comment #24

With digikam 6.4.0 there is no problem. When with digikam you export photos to a Google album then photos are copied in the "today" album and in the user album.

There are no relevant changes in the upload between 6.4.0 and 7.0.0. I don't know if you mean another virtual "Today" album than I do. But we have no real influence on the "Today" album. A image will appear in the "Today" album if the date IN the metadata of the image is today. If you upload an "old" image, it will not be displayed in "Today". Instead, it is inserted into Google's timeline on the day it was created.

Please send me a image that will be inserted with 6.4.0 in the album and in "Today". And a image that is not inserted in "Today" in 7.0.0.

Maik

I try to be more accurate.

Today 15/02/2019 i export 2 photos (1/1/20020) and 4 photos (25/12/2019) to an album with digikam 6.4.0

this photos are copied in:

- "Photos" with titles "Mer. 1 Janv. Arcachon" and "Mer. 25 Déc. 2019 Arcachon"

see photos.png capture

- in album "pascal_noel_2019_12_25"

see album.png capture

if i use digikam 7.0.0 then no photo is copied in "photos". Photos are only copied to album.

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"photos" in google photos

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my album in google photos

I cannot understand your problem. Maybe Gilles can test it too. I have no difference when I upload images with digiKam-6.4.0 or digiKam-7.0.0 (both AppImages). A image from today appears under "Today", the image from January under January. No matter which version.

"Today" in Google is not about the upload date, but the creation date of the image. We only upload the image to the corresponding album, everything else is interpreted by Google. It doesn't change when I upload it via the web interface.

Maik

I just tested all step that Maik explain, and i cannot reproduce the problem here.

Perhaps you can take a screencast of all operations that you perform to see if an important step is missing from your explaination.

Also, perhaps the console output can help to understand all you google workflow.

Gilles Caulier

Ok i investigated about the problem.

There is a delay sometime for a photo to be added in google photos "photos". That is why i said photo is only copied in album.

If a photo is already in the Google photos "photos" it is not added in it, only in the album. That is why i said photo is only copied in album.

Conclusion : we must use new photos to test digikam export to google photos and wait some delay.

Ok, that makes sense. You have a lot of albums and probably a lot of images on Google Photo. The Google servers will take a while to insert the images into the timeline.

Maik

no more problem