Digital Photo Frame

Overview

Kivy-based application developed to run on a raspberry pi. Designed to display photos synced from a Google Photos album on a touchscreen display. Created for Christmas 2023 as a gift for my fiance and father.

Key Features

• Photo Synchronization: Integrates with Google Photos API to sync photos.
• Interactive UI: Navigate through photos with touch gestures.
• Weather and Time Display: Fetches and shows current weather and time.
• Automatic Updates: Periodically syncs new photos and deletes old ones.

Initial Setup

1. Install Python: Ensure Python >=3.9 is installed on your Raspberry Pi.
2. Install Dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Configure API and Local Settings:
   • Create a config.json with keys like api_service_name, api_version, scopes, local_folder, and album_id.
   • Save your Google API credentials in client_secret.json.
     • Get started w/ the Google API

Running the Application

1. Initial Photo Population:
   • Run sync_photos.py initially to populate your local folder with photos from the specified Google Photos album.

   python sync_photos.py

2. Start the Photo Display:
   • After the initial setup, use run_photo_display.py to handle photo synchronization and display.

   python run_photo_display.py

Notes

• The script uses the pickle module for saving and loading Google Photos client credentials.
• For new installations or invalid credentials, a login window will prompt you for authentication.

Run as a Service

• A sample .service file is provided in /services for configuring the app to run with systemctl.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.