From 7fd078dcdb898b443afdfd0065247f332620119c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mpl Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2019 23:51:11 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] added README --- README.txt | 16 ++++++++++++++++ main.go | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.txt diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..becbb21 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.txt @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +gphotos-cdp +======== + +This program uses the Chrome DevTools Protocol to drive a Chrome session that +downloads your photos stored in Google Photos. +By default, it starts at the most ancient item in the library, and progresses +towards the most recent. +It can be run incrementally, as it keeps track of the last item that was +downloaded. +It only works with the main library for now, i.e. it does not support the photos +moved to Archive, or albums. +For each downloaded photo, an external program can be run on it (with the -run +flag) right after it is downloaded to e.g. upload it somewhere else. See the +upload/perkeep program, which uploads to a Perkeep server, for an example. + + diff --git a/main.go b/main.go index d07a7c2..af9070d 100644 --- a/main.go +++ b/main.go @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +// This program uses the Chrome DevTools Protocol to drive a Chrome session that +// downloads your photos stored in Google Photos. package main import (