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date = 2024-03-21
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title = "Import Google Photos Takeout into Immich"
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tags = ["protip", "immich", "photos"]
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Okay, importing into Immich from a Google Photos Takeout is _super easy_. Well, it is if you're familiar with a CLI.
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## Prepare your takeout
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There are two options for getting your Google Photos Takeout ready for importing:
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- Export as `.zip` (any size, bigger is better)
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- Export as `.tgz` (any size, bigger is better) and [extract as per my previous post](/2024/03/20/how-to-extract-multiple-.tgz-google-takeout-archives/)
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## Getting `immich-go`
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[`immich-go`](https://github.com/simulot/immich-go) is a single binary command line tool for importing photos and videos into Immich. It has awesome support for Google Photos takeout archives.
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You should get the latest `immich-go` release for your platform from [Immich github releases](https://github.com/simulot/immich-go/releases). I dropped the executable into where I extracted my takeout archives.
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```
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-rwxrwxr-x 1 ariejan ariejan 8.5M Mar 20 18:45 immich-go
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drwxrwxr-x 3 ariejan ariejan 4 Mar 20 14:57 Takeout
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```
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## Getting your Immich API key
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Go to your Immich account settings (click your avatar at the top right). Then select API Keys and create a new key.
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You probably already know your Immich url, which might optionally require a port number, depending on your setup.
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## Dry-run
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First, let's do a dry run. This will read your Takeout archives and test the connection to Immich. It will spit out a lot of info about what's going to be imported, skipped, etc.
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```
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./immich-go \
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-server=https://immich.devroom.io \
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-key=Ir3za64rggrbK3zSIhDfskw8R9b97GTljPPK5NlIEY \
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upload \
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-dry-run \
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-create-albums \
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-google-photos \
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Takeout/
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```
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`-create-albums` will re-create your Google Photos albums, which is probably what you want.
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In this case I'm providing an extracted Takeout archive, so I need to specify the `-google-photos` option. If you have `.zip` files, you can supply `takeout-*.zip` instead, and the `-google-photos` option is not strictly necessary.
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## Importing for realz
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If you're happy what `immich-go` reported, go ahead and start your import. It can take a few hours, depending on how many photos and videos you want to import.
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```
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./immich-go \
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-server=https://immich.devroom.io \
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-key=Ir3za64rggrbK3zSIhDfskw8R9b97GTljPPK5NlIEY \
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upload \
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-create-albums \
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-google-photos \
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Takeout/
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```
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## Result?
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All my photos and videos are now safely in Immich (backed up to a separate 3TB mirror; offline backup to a Hetzner Storagebox).
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