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Google maps timeline exporter Chrome extension
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/timeline-exporter/afalbippddliaaomolohcbfogogbjpkk
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timeline-exporter fails with new google maps timeline ? #20

Open effgee opened 1 month ago

effgee commented 1 month ago

I used this on April 29, 2024, worked fine.

Now every time I open the extension I get the following error popup in the bottom right of the screen:

Error × Failed to fetch Google timeline data: Network Error

I've check permissoins and can't see anything that would cause this.

reinzor commented 1 month ago

Thanks for opening an issue; does the normal google timeline page work for you? https://timeline.google.com/

effgee commented 3 weeks ago

sorry for the slow reply. No, that link (which previously worked fine) now gives these messages, due to google stopping access from pc-based web browsers:

USE THE APP Timeline is no longer available on web browsers. To view or change your Timeline settings, go to Activity controls.

On Tue, 4 Jun 2024 at 19:50, Rein Appeldoorn @.***> wrote:

Thanks for opening an issue; does the normal google timeline page work for you? https://timeline.google.com/

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reinzor commented 2 weeks ago

I saw this thread

https://support.google.com/maps/thread/254868591/timeline-is-no-longer-available-on-web-browsers?hl=en

So this means that the API that is currently used will not be available within some time for all users. This would mean the end of the timeline exporter I am afraid :(

effgee commented 2 weeks ago

That's what I feared. It was great while it lasted. I created a workaround downloading my location history via Google takeout (which takes up to 1 day for them to process and notify your download is ready), then processing this with some python code to create the same output data format. But it is at least 10x less convenient than timeline exporter.

Thanks so much for creating timeline-exporter, it will be sadly missed

On Tue, 18 June 2024, 16:27 Rein Appeldoorn, @.***> wrote:

I saw this thread

https://support.google.com/maps/thread/254868591/timeline-is-no-longer-available-on-web-browsers?hl=en

So this means that the API that is currently used will not be available within some time for all users. This would mean the end of the timeline exporter I am afraid :(

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reinzor commented 2 weeks ago

Thanks for your positive note! When I am experiencing this issue myself, I will look at a possible way to fix it (Google is rolling this out in phases). But I have to work with the API that google offers so lets see. I will keep this issue open for writing down my findings at that time.