Support videos from Google Photos

[jcsalomon]

• I've verified and I assure that I'm running youtube-dl 2017.08.09
• At least skimmed through the README, most notably the FAQ and BUGS sections
• Searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones

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• Bug report (encountered problems with youtube-dl)
• Site support request (request for adding support for a new site)
• Feature request (request for a new functionality)
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If the purpose of this issue is a bug report, site support request or you are not completely sure provide the full verbose output as follows:

Add the -v flag to your command line you run youtube-dl with (youtube-dl -v <your command line>), copy the whole output and insert it here. It should look similar to one below (replace it with your log inserted between triple ```):

C:\Users\Chesky\Downloads\Temp> youtube-dl -v https://goo.gl/photos/tMFzthXCku9jyzaY9
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'https://goo.gl/photos/tMFzthXCku9jyzaY9']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.08.09
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-10-10.0.15063
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-83657-g7e4f32f, ffprobe N-83657-g7e4f32f
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[generic] tMFzthXCku9jyzaY9: Requesting header
[redirect] Following redirect to https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipO9WO5MnYm7850JgwAl7DIvRzbCoEcJamtywXL-oQ49rwF3K1frOSK63fjYD5MD-A?key=ZEV4S3RmYXd0bWNzQjRfQ09KQlBud1M4OUU1RzZn
[generic] AF1QipO9WO5MnYm7850JgwAl7DIvRzbCoEcJamtywXL-oQ49rwF3K1frOSK63fjYD5MD-A?key=ZEV4S3RmYXd0bWNzQjRfQ09KQlBud1M4OUU1RzZn: Requesting header
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
[generic] AF1QipO9WO5MnYm7850JgwAl7DIvRzbCoEcJamtywXL-oQ49rwF3K1frOSK63fjYD5MD-A?key=ZEV4S3RmYXd0bWNzQjRfQ09KQlBud1M4OUU1RzZn: Downloading webpage
[generic] AF1QipO9WO5MnYm7850JgwAl7DIvRzbCoEcJamtywXL-oQ49rwF3K1frOSK63fjYD5MD-A?key=ZEV4S3RmYXd0bWNzQjRfQ09KQlBud1M4OUU1RzZn: Extracting information
ERROR: Unsupported URL: https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipO9WO5MnYm7850JgwAl7DIvRzbCoEcJamtywXL-oQ49rwF3K1frOSK63fjYD5MD-A?key=ZEV4S3RmYXd0bWNzQjRfQ09KQlBud1M4OUU1RzZn
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpf7t6lw0k\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 776, in extract_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpf7t6lw0k\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 433, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpf7t6lw0k\build\youtube_dl\extractor\generic.py", line 2944, in _real_extract
youtube_dl.utils.UnsupportedError: Unsupported URL: https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipO9WO5MnYm7850JgwAl7DIvRzbCoEcJamtywXL-oQ49rwF3K1frOSK63fjYD5MD-A?key=ZEV4S3RmYXd0bWNzQjRfQ09KQlBud1M4OUU1RzZn

C:\Users\Chesky\Downloads\Temp> youtube-dl -v https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipO9WO5MnYm7850JgwAl7DIvRzbCoEcJamtywX
L-oQ49rwF3K1frOSK63fjYD5MD-A/photo/AF1QipPRvvdy6-3EOqSACtJb7Q8QfmlXN4d4MwX5ico8?key=ZEV4S3RmYXd0bWNzQjRfQ09KQlBud1M4OUU1
RzZn
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: []
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', 'https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipO9WO5MnYm7850JgwAl7DIvRzbCoEcJamtywXL-oQ49rwF3K1frOSK63fjYD5MD-A/photo/AF1QipPRvvdy6-3EOqSACtJb7Q8QfmlXN4d4MwX5ico8?key=ZEV4S3RmYXd0bWNzQjRfQ09KQlBud1M4OUU1RzZn']
[debug] Encodings: locale cp1252, fs mbcs, out cp437, pref cp1252
[debug] youtube-dl version 2017.08.09
[debug] Python version 3.4.4 - Windows-10-10.0.15063
[debug] exe versions: ffmpeg N-83657-g7e4f32f, ffprobe N-83657-g7e4f32f
[debug] Proxy map: {}
[generic] AF1QipPRvvdy6-3EOqSACtJb7Q8QfmlXN4d4MwX5ico8?key=ZEV4S3RmYXd0bWNzQjRfQ09KQlBud1M4OUU1RzZn: Requesting header
WARNING: Falling back on generic information extractor.
[generic] AF1QipPRvvdy6-3EOqSACtJb7Q8QfmlXN4d4MwX5ico8?key=ZEV4S3RmYXd0bWNzQjRfQ09KQlBud1M4OUU1RzZn: Downloading webpage
[generic] AF1QipPRvvdy6-3EOqSACtJb7Q8QfmlXN4d4MwX5ico8?key=ZEV4S3RmYXd0bWNzQjRfQ09KQlBud1M4OUU1RzZn: Extracting information
ERROR: Unsupported URL: https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipO9WO5MnYm7850JgwAl7DIvRzbCoEcJamtywXL-oQ49rwF3K1frOSK63fjYD5MD-A/photo/AF1QipPRvvdy6-3EOqSACtJb7Q8QfmlXN4d4MwX5ico8?key=ZEV4S3RmYXd0bWNzQjRfQ09KQlBud1M4OUU1RzZn
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpf7t6lw0k\build\youtube_dl\YoutubeDL.py", line 776, in extract_info
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpf7t6lw0k\build\youtube_dl\extractor\common.py", line 433, in extract
  File "C:\Users\dst\AppData\Roaming\Build archive\youtube-dl\rg3\tmpf7t6lw0k\build\youtube_dl\extractor\generic.py", line 2944, in _real_extract
youtube_dl.utils.UnsupportedError: Unsupported URL: https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipO9WO5MnYm7850JgwAl7DIvRzbCoEcJamtywXL-oQ49rwF3K1frOSK63fjYD5MD-A/photo/AF1QipPRvvdy6-3EOqSACtJb7Q8QfmlXN4d4MwX5ico8?key=ZEV4S3RmYXd0bWNzQjRfQ09KQlBud1M4OUU1RzZn

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If the purpose of this issue is a site support request please provide all kinds of example URLs support for which should be included (replace following example URLs by yours):

• Single video: https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipO9WO5MnYm7850JgwAl7DIvRzbCoEcJamtywXL-oQ49rwF3K1frOSK63fjYD5MD-A/photo/AF1QipPRvvdy6-3EOqSACtJb7Q8QfmlXN4d4MwX5ico8?key=ZEV4S3RmYXd0bWNzQjRfQ09KQlBud1M4OUU1RzZn
• Playlist: https://goo.gl/photos/tMFzthXCku9jyzaY9, which expands to
• Playlist: https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipO9WO5MnYm7850JgwAl7DIvRzbCoEcJamtywXL-oQ49rwF3K1frOSK63fjYD5MD-A?key=ZEV4S3RmYXd0bWNzQjRfQ09KQlBud1M4OUU1RzZn

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Description of your issue, suggested solution and other information

I’ve created a “shared album” on Google Photos, permissions set so anyone with the URL should be able to view the contents. I’d like to be able to download a video from such an album, preferably by using the short album URL as a playlist.

[tokune]

see my fork https://github.com/tokune/youtube-dl
the single video should work

[hahuy]

please support google photos

[soredake]

@tokune can you pls create pull request?

[niranjanshr13]

use this for now.

#!/usr/bin/env python3
import requests
link = 'https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipO9WO5MnYm7850JgwAl7DIvRzbCoEcJamtywXL-oQ49rwF3K1frOSK63fjYD5MD-A/photo/AF1QipPRvvdy6-3EOqSACtJb7Q8QfmlXN4d4MwX5ico8?key=ZEV4S3RmYXd0bWNzQjRfQ09KQlBud1M4OUU1RzZn'
r = requests.get(link).text
for x in r.split('\n'):
    if 'video-downloads.googleusercontent.com' in x:
        v = x.split('"')[1]
        print(v)

[ihsudg]

Hello, why is this the ticket still been open for 3 years? I have tested and it works.

[eGit]

I also just tested it with

1. a single shared Google Photos video URL
2. a shared Google Photos album URL

both don't work.

[myns23]

any update