token.md

Token

The package needs 3 .env variables with the following format to work:

GOOGLE_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID=2...m.apps.googleusercontent.com
GOOGLE_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET=Q...axL
GOOGLE_PHOTOS_TOKEN={"access_token":"ya...J0","refresh_token":"1..mE","scope":"https://www.googleapis.com/auth/photoslibrary.readonly","token_type":"Bearer","expiry_date":1598284554759}

gatsby-source-google-photos provides a command-line script to generate this .env vars.

You must be in the root folder of your project to run the script

gatsby-source-google-photos-token

If you have multiple .env files for your different environments, the script will write the token at the end of each file

You should add your .env files to your .gitignore because it contains some sensitive informations.

Troubleshooting

'gatsby-source-google-photos-token' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

Add an npm script to your package.json:

"scripts": {
    "token": "gatsby-source-google-photos-token"
}

Then generate a token:

yarn token
# or
npm run token