If you use Amazon Photos to store your pictures, you probably know how easy it is to end up with hundreds — or even thousands — of photos just sitting there, not organized in any album. That was exactly my problem.
I love taking photos. But organizing them? Not so much. Over the years I accumulated a huge collection on Amazon Photos, and most of it was just a big unsorted pile. Albums existed, but plenty of photos never made it into one.
So I built a small tool to help me fix that.
What does it do?
In simple terms: it connects to your Amazon Photos account, looks at all your photos, checks which ones are not in any album, and gives you a list of them.
Think of it like asking: "Show me everything in my library that I haven't filed away yet." Once you know which photos are unorganized, you can decide what to do with them — create new albums, add them to existing ones, or simply delete duplicates.
The tool can also:
- Focus only on recent photos (for example, "only show me photos from the last 30 days")
- Filter by when a photo was taken (using the date recorded by your camera)
- Remember which photos it already checked, so it doesn't repeat work on the next run
- Export the results to a spreadsheet-friendly CSV file
How do I use it?
The tool runs from the terminal (the command-line interface on your computer). If that sounds scary, don't worry — it's just a text window where you type commands.
Once installed, the basic command is:
php artisan photos:find-unclassified
That's it. It will connect to Amazon Photos and show you a table with all your unclassified photos.
If you want to export the results to a file you can open in Excel:
php artisan photos:find-unclassified --output=csv
Does it need my Amazon password?
No. It uses something called "cookies" — small pieces of information your browser saves when you log in to a website. You copy three of these cookies from your browser and paste them into a configuration file. It sounds technical, but the README walks you through it step by step.
Your credentials never leave your computer.
Who is this for?
Honestly, right now it's a tool for people comfortable with the command line. But the idea behind it is for anyone who uses Amazon Photos and wants to keep their library tidy without spending hours doing it manually.
Want to learn more or try it yourself?
The full project, including installation instructions and documentation, is available on GitHub: https://github.com/icsbcn/awsphotosapi
Suggestions and contributions are always welcome!
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