Connecting to Google Drive

[Maik Qualmann]

The Google Photos/Drive tool only works from digiKam-8.3.0.

Maik

Am Mittwoch, 10. April 2024, 18:32:56 CEST schrieb Steve Vaughan:
> Hi there -
> 
> I recently had a hard drive failure, and needed to re-install Linux and
> restore all my files.
> 
> Restoration of Digikam worked well, it accesses my existing database and
> I could carry on as before. Great.
> 
> Until it came time to upload some photos to Google Drive. I was taken
> through the procedure of re-authentication with Google.
> 
> That's not working.
> 
> I'm using Digikam v7.5.0 on Linux Mint. I use Firefox as Web browser.
> 
> I select Tools->Export to Google Drive
> 
> Firefox launches automatically and I get to choose my required Google
> account.
> 
> Then I get the "Digikam wants to access your Google Account" screen and
> I click "Allow"
> 
> Then Firefox is redirected to a URL like this :
> http://127.0.0.1:8000/?state=07ad2189a2294363bd63e87ed0531003&code=4/0AeaYSH
> BK6qozU6sicyg2TfbJ9Z1jVD3R6Lg etc etc etc
> 
> and that's as far as we get. It hangs there.
> 
> Has google changed the way it authenticates?
> 
> Regards
> 
> Steve Vaughan