Insert a personal Google Photo into an Obsidian entry, either as a link, a remote image, or a locally stored thumbnail

getGooglePhoto.js

/*
This requires you to set up a curl command in Templater, in the config section:

Example: https://i.imgur.com/IAn3JDX.png

Function name:
curl

System command:
curl -o %templater_local% %templater_remote%

*/

// Thumbnail dimensions in pixels. The image will scale to fit within these
// dimensions while keeping the original aspect ratio.
const WIDTH = 350
const HEIGHT = 250

async function main(tp) {
    const link = await tp.system.prompt('Enter the Google Photos share link')
    const types = {
        link: 'As a link',
        remote: 'As an image (remote)',
        local: 'As an image (saved locally)'
    }
    if (link && link.startsWith('https://photos.app.goo.gl/')) {
        const type = await tp.system.suggester(Object.values(types), Object.keys(types))
        if (type === 'link') {
            return `[Link](${link})`
        } else {
            // Fetch the actual photo image URL from the provided Google Photos link
            try {
                const raw = await requestUrl({ url: link })
                const html = raw.text
                const image = html.match(/<img[^>]*?src="(https:[^"]+?)=w\d+-h\d+-no"[^>]*?alt=""[^>]*?>/s)[1]
                if (type === 'remote') {
                    return `[![](${image}=w${WIDTH}-h${HEIGHT}-no)](${link})`
                } else if (type === 'local') {
                    // Download the image via Curl and save to the current entry folder
                    const folder = tp.file.path().replace(/\\+/g, '/').replace(/[^/]+$/, '')
                    const filename = moment().format('YYYY-MM-DD') + '_google-photo_' + moment().format('HHmmss') + '.jpg'
                    await tp.user.curl({
                        templater_local: `"${folder}${filename}"`,
                        templater_remote: `"${image}=w${WIDTH}-h${HEIGHT}-no"`
                    })
                    return `[![](${filename})](${link})`
                }
            } catch (e) {
                // do nothing
                console.log(e)
            }
        }
    }
    return ''
}
module.exports = main