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docs: fix googlephotos custom client_id instructions

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The Google Photos custom client_id documentation was incomplete - it
only mentioned changing the scopes but did not mention that you need
to enable the "Photos Library API" instead of the "Google Drive API"
in step 3 of the referenced Google Drive instructions.

This fixes the documentation to clearly state both differences from
the Google Drive setup:
- Enable "Photos Library API" instead of "Google Drive API"
- Use the Google Photos specific scopes

Co-authored-by: hyusap <paulayush@gmail.com>
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2026-01-13 23:28:18 +00:00
committed by Nick Craig-Wood
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@@ -659,8 +659,14 @@ second that each client_id can do set by Google.
If there is a problem with this client_id (eg quota too low or the
client_id stops working) then you can make your own.
Please follow the steps in [the google drive docs](https://rclone.org/drive/#making-your-own-client-id).
You will need these scopes instead of the drive ones detailed:
Please follow the steps in [the google drive docs](https://rclone.org/drive/#making-your-own-client-id)
with the following differences:
- At step 3, instead of enabling the "Google Drive API", search for and
enable the "Photos Library API".
- At step 5, you will need to add different scopes. Use these scopes
instead of the drive ones:
```text
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/photoslibrary.appendonly