--- title: "Connect Uploadcare to Google Photos - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New File Uploaded\" fires in Uploadcare, your agent runs \"Update Media Item\" in Google Photos." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/uploadcare-to-google-photos-2" --- # Connect Uploadcare to Google Photos When **New File Uploaded** fires in [Uploadcare](https://apiant.ai/connections/uploadcare), your agent runs **Update Media Item** in [Google Photos](https://apiant.ai/connections/google-photos-2). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Uploadcare **1** trigger Uploadcare **15** actions Google Photos **13** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Uploadcare and Google Photos to do together? 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Uploadcare can start in Google Photos - When **New File Uploaded** in Uploadcare then **Update Media Item** in Google Photos - When **New File Uploaded** in Uploadcare then **Batch Add Media Items** in Google Photos Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with Uploadcare and Google Photos ## Triggers and actions 1 trigger · 28 actions - Trigger **New File Uploaded** Triggers when a new file is uploaded. - Action **Add file tags** /files/{uuid}/tags/ (add mode) — add tags to a file for organization/AI auto-tagging. - Action **Add group** /groups/ (Upload API) — create a file group from a set of uploaded file UUIDs. - Action **Convert document** convert a document/image to another format (e.g. PDF, DOCX to images). - Action **Convert video** transcode/thumbnail a video file into another format. - Action **Delete file** delete a file. - Action **Delete group** delete a file group (does not delete member files). - Action **Find files** /files/ with query params — search/filter uploaded files by criteria (used with removed/stored/uploaded_range filters). - Action **Get file** file info: metadata, size, mime type, URLs. - Action **Get file metadata** arbitrary key-value metadata attached to a file. - Action **Get group** file group info: files list, creation date, storage flag. - Action **List files** return paginated list of uploaded files, with filters (stored, removed, ordering). - Action **List groups** paginated list of file groups. - Action **Store file** mark an uploaded file as permanently stored. - Action **Update file metadata** set/update a metadata key's value on a file. - Action **Upload File** Upload a new file into your project. - Action **Add Enrichment** Adds a text note or a location card to an app-created album. - Action **Batch Add Media Items** Adds existing app-created photos or videos to an app-created album. - Action **Batch Create Media Items** Creates photos or videos in the library from previously uploaded bytes, optionally into an album. - Action **Batch Get Media Items** Returns several app-created photos or videos by their ids. - Action **Create Album** Creates a new album in the connected Google Photos library. - Action **Get Album** Returns one app-created album by its id. - Action **Get Media Item Download** Returns the download link for an app-created photo or video. - Action **List Albums** Returns the albums this app created in the connected Google Photos library. - Action **List Media Items** Returns the photos and videos this app uploaded to the connected library. - Action **Search Media Items** Finds app-created photos and videos, optionally limited to one album. - Action **Update Album** Changes the title or cover photo of an app-created album. - Action **Update Media Item** Changes the description of an app-created photo or video. - Action **Upload Media** Uploads a photo or video file and adds it to the library. ## Each app on its own - [ **Uploadcare** File system as a service to handle your web and mobile app uploads.](https://apiant.ai/connections/uploadcare) - [ **Google Photos** Google Photos stores and organizes photos and videos; this connector works with albums and media items your...](https://apiant.ai/connections/google-photos-2) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Uploadcare - [ **Uploadcare to ImprovMX** API for free email forwarding service](https://apiant.ai/connect/uploadcare-to-improvmx) - [ **Uploadcare to thanks.io** Thanks.io is a way to automatically send ‘handwritten’ postcards, letters, notecards, and giftcards at scale...](https://apiant.ai/connect/uploadcare-to-thanks-io) - [ **Uploadcare to Zoom** Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and a software-based...](https://apiant.ai/connect/uploadcare-to-zoom) - [ **Uploadcare to Webflow** Webflow is a professional website builder and CMS for designing, building, and launching responsive...](https://apiant.ai/connect/uploadcare-to-webflow) - [ **Uploadcare to Wix** The Wix website builder gives businesses of any size the tools to create, manage and grow a fully integrated...](https://apiant.ai/connect/uploadcare-to-wix) - [ **Uploadcare to LinkedIn** LinkedIn is a professional networking platform enabling job seekers, companies, and thought leaders to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/uploadcare-to-linkedin) ## More into Google Photos - [ **HubSpot to Google Photos** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/hubspot-to-google-photos-2) - [ **Salesforce to Google Photos** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/salesforce-to-google-photos-2) - [ **Slack to Google Photos** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-google-photos-2) - [ **Google Sheets to Google Photos** Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-sheets-to-google-photos-2) - [ **Gmail to Google Photos** Gmail is Google’s email service, featuring spam protection, search functions, and seamless integration with...](https://apiant.ai/connect/gmail-to-google-photos-2) - [ **Google Calendar to Google Photos** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-google-photos-2) Questions ## Uploadcare and Google Photos, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Uploadcare? Any of Uploadcare's 1 trigger in the catalog, including New File Uploaded. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Google Photos when something happens in Uploadcare? Any of Google Photos's 13 actions, including Create Album, Update Album, Update Media Item and Upload Media. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Google Photos to Uploadcare? Google Photos has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Uploadcare. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Google Photos's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Uploadcare or Google Photos? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use Uploadcare and Google Photos without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.