Problem with finding 'client_secret.json' file

[airfinland]

Hi all,

I'm on MacOS 13.6.3 running Python 3.11 as I couldn't install 'gphotos-sync' on the latest version of Python so downgraded. Followed the instructions on 'Creating an OAuth Client ID' and extracted 'client_secret.json' file and after that I successfully installed 'gphotos-sync' on virtual environment.

1. ghphotos-sync --version is working and command returns version result of 3.1.3.

When I'm trying to run 'gphotos-sync' it returns with error FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/Users/x/Library/Application Support/gphotos-sync/client_secret.json' which is weird as the 'client_secret.json' file is placed in the proper folder as stated in the initial setup process i.e., ~/Library/Application Support/gphotos-sync/client_secret.json.

It really doesn't matter is the folder I want to extract to a portable device or my computer internal hard drive as the error is the same.

Below is the log file the program creates in the folder I want to extract the photos to:

12-17 10:23:28 gphotos_sync.Main WARNING gphotos-sync 3.1.3 2023-12-17 10:23:28.679493
12-17 10:23:28 gphotos_sync.Utils DEBUG MINIMUM_DATE = 1800-01-01 00:00:00
12-17 10:23:28 gphotos_sync.Checks INFO Target filesystem /volumes/portable/google is hfs
12-17 10:23:28 gphotos_sync.Checks DEBUG Checking if is filesystem supports symbolic links...
12-17 10:23:28 gphotos_sync.Checks DEBUG attempting to symlink /Volumes/Portable/Google/test_src_3373367887 to /Volumes/Portable/Google/test_dst_145614603
12-17 10:23:28 gphotos_sync.Checks DEBUG Checking if File system supports unicode filenames...
12-17 10:23:28 gphotos_sync.Checks INFO Filesystem supports Unicode filenames
12-17 10:23:28 gphotos_sync.Checks DEBUG Checking if File system is case insensitive...
12-17 10:23:28 gphotos_sync.Checks INFO Case insensitive file system found
12-17 10:23:28 gphotos_sync.Checks INFO Max Path Length: 1024
12-17 10:23:28 gphotos_sync.Checks INFO Max filename length: 255
12-17 10:23:28 gphotos_sync.Main INFO version: 3.1.3, database schema version 5.7
12-17 10:23:28 gphotos_sync.LocalData INFO Saving Database ...
12-17 10:23:28 gphotos_sync.LocalData INFO Database Saved.
12-17 10:23:28 gphotos_sync.LocalData INFO Saving Database ...
12-17 10:23:28 gphotos_sync.LocalData INFO Database Saved.
12-17 10:23:28 gphotos_sync.Main ERROR
Process failed.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/x/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/gphotos_sync/authorize.py", line 50, in init
with secrets_file.open("r") as stream:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.11/lib/python3.11/pathlib.py", line 1044, in open
return io.open(self, mode, buffering, encoding, errors, newline)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/Users/x/Library/Application Support/gphotos-sync/client_secret.json'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Users/x/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/gphotos_sync/Main.py", line 506, in main
self.setup(args, db_path)
File "/Users/x/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/gphotos_sync/Main.py", line 346, in setup
self.auth = Authorize(
^^^^^^^^^^
File "/Users/x/venv/lib/python3.11/site-packages/gphotos_sync/authorize.py", line 64, in init
exit(1)
File "", line 26, in call
SystemExit: 1
12-17 10:23:28 gphotos_sync.Main WARNING Done.

Hope somebody can help me solve this issue - I've tried to find solutions but no luck yet.

[gilesknap]

I assume from this your username is x.

Is the JSON file at /Users/x/Library/Application Support/gphotos-sync/client_secret.json
If not copy it there and all should be well.

In many shells the ~ should resolve to the root of your user folder - in this case /Users/x/ but depending on the shell you are using that may not have worked.

Thanks for reporting that gphotos-sync does not work on python 3.12 - time for a new release.

[airfinland]

The thing is that the 'client_secret.json' file is in the correct directory (the one you stated and found in initial setup tutorial) but it seems that the program does not recognise it.

I followed the instructions for OAuth when I created the .json file and it should be valid by all means and not corrupted/incorrect.

[gilesknap]

It's not saying the file is corrupt, just that it cannot find it.

try cutting and pasting this command into a shell to make sure there is not a subtle difference between the filename you can see and the one the code is looking for:

ls '/Users/x/Library/Application Support/gphotos-sync/client_secret.json'

[airfinland]

Executing the command you suggested returns the one below:

No such file or directory

However, executing ls '/Library/Application Support/gphotos-sync/client_secret.json' returns 'client_secret.json'.

Could this be some sort of root issue?

[airfinland]

I solved the issue - looks like I had the '/Users/x/Library' hidden for some reason and placed the 'client_secret.json' in the wrong folder. All good now and program is working. Apologies for this.

[gilesknap]

Thanks for letting me know. Closing.