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=Manual Route=
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This procedure works. [https://hackernoon.com/how-to-embed-single-photos-from-google-photos-on-your-website-and-notion-page]
This procedure works. [https://hackernoon.com/how-to-embed-single-photos-from-google-photos-on-your-website-and-notion-page]
Steps
#Open your preferred photo in Google Photos and click on "Share," then "Create Link" to get a shareable link for that image.
#Copy the link and open a new browser tab.
#'''Paste the link address into the new browser window. This will bring you to a new shared album with just that photo in it.
#Click the image to zoom in and right-click on the image.
Select "Copy image address" from the menu.
You now have your embed link, which can be used on your Notion page (both for your covers and image embed), email messages, and HTML website.

Revision as of 22:12, 9 June 2024

It appears that you cannot iframe individual Google Photos into websites.

Here is how to do it instead - by generating a different URL that Google uses on its back end. Photo appears downgraded somewhat.

https://www.labnol.org/embed/google/photos/

Here is a way to embed Google albums -

https://www.publicalbum.org/blog/embed-google-photos-album-reabr

These all appear to be 3rd party apps. The only way to embed Google Photos manually seems to be to add them to your Drive first - [1]. It seems that Google Photos limits the embed possibility to make mo money.

Manual Route

This procedure works. [2]

Steps

  1. Open your preferred photo in Google Photos and click on "Share," then "Create Link" to get a shareable link for that image.
  2. Copy the link and open a new browser tab.
  3. Paste the link address into the new browser window. This will bring you to a new shared album with just that photo in it.
  4. Click the image to zoom in and right-click on the image.

Select "Copy image address" from the menu. You now have your embed link, which can be used on your Notion page (both for your covers and image embed), email messages, and HTML website.