Identifying already downloaded

[drewdog88]

Is there a switch or command that allows you to identify if the file is already downloaded so that you do not have to download it again and it skips it if the hash/byte matches? Also, what exactly is the best way to marry the JSON files that contain the metadata of the image file together again? I see the json has all my metadata like camera, lens, etc..the usual JPEG conforming metadata..but not sure how to get them married again for the purposes of using it in other editing tools like Lightroom/photoshop, etc.? Thanks for the great work on this by the way!

[carsonreinke]

@drewdog88

Is there a switch or command that allows you to identify if the file is already downloaded so that you do not have to download it again and it skips it if the hash/byte matches?

It should do this already by default, if the JSON file is present the file will not be downloaded. Are you seeing otherwise?

what exactly is the best way to marry the JSON files that contain the metadata of the image file together again? I see the json has all my metadata like camera, lens, etc..the usual JPEG conforming metadata..but not sure how to get them married again for the purposes of using it in other editing tools like Lightroom/photoshop, etc.

Have you tried the include-exif option? This could be what you are looking for.

Though, looking at how it downloads including EXIF data and specifying the dimensions are for some reason mutually exclusive. I'll check the Google Photos docs to see what this might be so.

[carsonreinke]

@drewdog88 completely forgot about this PR, so the option you are looking for is include-exif.