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This script uploads the pics in the specified directory into the specified album in picasa. The script requires gdata libraries installed. Check code.google.com.
I had written and tested the code in linux platform. Hasn't been tested in windows.
Any suggestions to add more functionality, or add a UI or any improvements would be great.

#!/usr/bin/python

###
# This script serves to upload the pictures from the specified directory to the specified album in picasa.
# Usage : python picasaUploader -l <source directory> 
###
import gdata.photos.service
import gdata.media
import gdata.geo
import os
import dircache
import sys
import getopt

###
# Method that performs all initializations and insertions into the album
###
def init(path):
	print 'Uploading pics from path ', (path)
	DIR_UPLOAD=path
	gd_client = gdata.photos.service.PhotosService()
	gd_client.email = 'jason.cosmo' #type your username here
	gd_client.password = os.environ['PASSWRD'] # store your password in an environment variable called PASSWD
	gd_client.source = 'python uploader'
	gd_client.ProgrammaticLogin()
	username=gd_client.email
	index = 0
	albums = gd_client.GetUserFeed(user=username)
	albumidlist = []
	# add each album in the list
	for album in albums.entry:
		index = index + 1
		albumidlist.append(album.gphoto_id)
		print '%d %s' %(index,album.title.text)  

	#This choice would be the index of the album chosen from the list
	choice = int(raw_input('Choose the album you want to insert the pics in:'))
	album_url = '/data/feed/api/user/%s/albumid/%s' %(username, albumidlist[choice-1].text)

	#store the references to the pics in the
	#directory in the list
	try:
		pics_list = dircache.listdir(DIR_UPLOAD)
	except:
		print 'Enter a valid directory'		
		usage()
	count = 0
	#upload the pics one by one
	for pic in pics_list:
		filename = DIR_UPLOAD+'/'+pic
		try:
			photo = gd_client.InsertPhotoSimple(album_url, pic, str(count)+'JPG', filename,content_type='image/jpeg')
			count = count + 1
			print count
		except:
			print 'Count not upload', Photo

###
# Method that shows the script usage
###
def usage():
	print 'Usage : python picasaUploader.py -l <directory path>'
	exit(0)


if __name__=='__main__':
	path = ''
	try:
		opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], "l:v",["directory"])
		for option in opts:
			if option[0] == '-l':
				path = option[1]				
	except:
		usage()

	init(path)
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A few practical notes to bring this 2010-era solution up to a safe, maintainable state.

The approach in ’s script (username/password + ProgrammaticLogin and gdata) relied on older Google services that have been retired or changed—Picasa Desktop/Web and parts of the Picasa Web Albums API were retired when Google consolidated on Google Photos. See Google’s announcement: Moving on from Picasa. (googlephotos.blogspot.com)

Storing a Google password in an environment variable (asked by ) is better than hard‑coding, but it’s still unsafe for long‑term or production use. Google no longer accepts ClientLogin (username/password) for modern APIs; apps should use OAuth 2.0 and the Google identity libraries instead. Use an OAuth client (desktop/web flow) and keep the refresh token in a protected store (OS keyring or a file with 0600 permissions). Official OAuth guidance is here. (cloud.google.com)

If the goal is programmatic uploads today, migrate to the Google Photos Library API: upload raw bytes to the uploads endpoint, receive an upload token, then call mediaItems.batchCreate to add the item to the user’s library/album. The API docs explain the two‑step flow, accepted MIME types, batching limits (50 items per batch), resumable uploads for large files, and retry/backoff guidance—follow those best practices for robust behaviour. (developers.google.com)

Minimal practical checklist (in order): create a Google Cloud project, enable the Photos Library API, create OAuth credentials, run an OAuth flow (google-auth / google-auth-oauthlib), upload bytes to /v1/uploads and call mediaItems.batchCreate, and add file filtering, MIME checks, logging, error handling and exponential backoff. Example sketch (not a drop‑in) to show the basic flow:

from google_auth_oauthlib.flow import InstalledAppFlow
import requests, json

flow = InstalledAppFlow.from_client_secrets_file('client_secret.json', scopes=['https://www.googleapis.com/auth/photoslibrary.appendonly'])
creds = flow.run_local_server(port=0)

# Step 1: upload bytes -> uploadToken
r = requests.post('https://photoslibrary.googleapis.com/v1/uploads',
    headers={'Authorization':f'Bearer {creds.token}','Content-type':'application/octet-stream','X-Goog-Upload-Protocol':'raw'},
    data=open('photo.jpg','rb').read())
upload_token = r.text

# Step 2: create media item with uploadToken (use batchCreate)

If continuing to support legacy users of Picasa data, instruct them to migrate or access the Album Archive; otherwise rework tools around the Google Photos Library API and OAuth flow documented above. (googlephotos.blogspot.com)

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Is it secure to store the password as an environment variable?

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Is it secure to store the password as an environment variable?

It sure isn't. But as the above script was written quickly and I thought it would be better to have it as an environment variable instead of putting it in the code, I couldn't think of a better alternative.
You are safe though, if you terminate the shell as soon as the program ends :)

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