Get all photos including hidden photos in a specific album

[masscode]

Hey guys,

I am trying to get all photos in a specific album including all hidden photos.
But the the code below does not include hidden photos:

for album in photos.get_albums():
	if album.title == "album title":
		assets = album.assets
		break
print(len(assets))

and the code below includes all photos outside the target album, so it doesn’t serve my purposes either:

assets = photos.get_assets(media_type='image', include_hidden=True)
print(len(assets))

Any idea how I can achieve this?

Thanks!

[cvp]

@masscode I've tried in objectiveC but without success, sorry for you.

[masscode]

Thank you for trying!

[cvp]

@masscode for info, if you want to go deeper

import photos
import console
from objc_util import *

NSBundle.bundleWithPath_('/System/Library/Frameworks/Photos.framework').load()
PHAssetCollection = ObjCClass('PHAssetCollection')
PHAsset = ObjCClass('PHAsset')
PHFetchOptions = ObjCClass('PHFetchOptions').alloc()

def main():
	
	console.clear()		
	PHAssetCollectionType = 1      # album
	PHAssetCollectionSubtype = 2   # albumregular
	album = 'Test'
	NSPredicate = ObjCClass('NSPredicate').predicateWithFormat_argumentArray_("title = %@", [album])
	PHFetchOptions.setPredicate_(NSPredicate)
	PHFetchOptions.includeHiddenAssets = True
	fetchresult = PHAssetCollection.fetchAssetCollectionsWithType_subtype_options_(PHAssetCollectionType, PHAssetCollectionSubtype, PHFetchOptions)
	n_albums = fetchresult.count()
	for i in range(n_albums):
		coll = fetchresult.objectAtIndex_(i)
		album = str(coll.localizedTitle())
		assets = PHAsset.fetchAssetsInAssetCollection_options_(coll, None)
		print(album)
		for j in range(assets.count()):
			a = assets.objectAtIndex_(j)		
			fn = str(a.valueForKey_('filename'))
			print(fn,a)

main()	

[cvp]

@masscode could you try please this script

import photos
import console
from objc_util import *

NSBundle.bundleWithPath_('/System/Library/Frameworks/Photos.framework').load()
PHAssetCollection = ObjCClass('PHAssetCollection')
PHAsset = ObjCClass('PHAsset')
PHFetchOptions = ObjCClass('PHFetchOptions').alloc()

def main():
	
	console.clear()					
	assets = photos.get_assets(media_type='image', include_hidden=True)
	for asset in assets:
		if asset.hidden:
			ao = ObjCInstance(asset)
			fn = str(ao.valueForKey_('filename'))
			#print(ao)
			PHAssetCollectionType = 1      # album
			fetchresult = PHAssetCollection.fetchAssetCollectionsContainingAsset_withType_options_(ao, PHAssetCollectionType,None)
			n_albums = fetchresult.count()
			for i in range(n_albums):
				coll = fetchresult.objectAtIndex_(i)
				album = str(coll.localizedTitle())
				print(f" hidden {fn} belongs to album {album}")

main()	

Thus your request is

import photos
import console
from objc_util import *

NSBundle.bundleWithPath_('/System/Library/Frameworks/Photos.framework').load()
PHAssetCollection = ObjCClass('PHAssetCollection')
PHAsset = ObjCClass('PHAsset')
PHFetchOptions = ObjCClass('PHFetchOptions').alloc()

def main():
	
	console.clear()	
	album_assets = []
	for album in photos.get_albums():
		if album.title == "Test":
			album_assets.append(album.assets)
			break
	print(len(album_assets))				
	assets = photos.get_assets(media_type='image', include_hidden=True)
	for asset in assets:
		if asset.hidden:
			ao = ObjCInstance(asset)
			fn = str(ao.valueForKey_('filename'))
			#print(ao)
			PHAssetCollectionType = 1      # album
			fetchresult = PHAssetCollection.fetchAssetCollectionsContainingAsset_withType_options_(ao, PHAssetCollectionType,None)
			n_albums = fetchresult.count()
			for i in range(n_albums):
				coll = fetchresult.objectAtIndex_(i)
				album = str(coll.localizedTitle())
				print(f" hidden {fn} belongs to album {album}")
				if album == 'Test':
					album_assets.append(asset)
					print(len(album_assets))				

main()	

[cvp]

@emma0122 👍

[masscode]

@cvp
This is beautiful!!! Thank you!!!
I will read up about these modules and study.

[cvp]

@masscode 👍