Sync Hidden album

[gsong]

Describe the ultimate goal you want to achieve

Sync the special Hidden album.

How do you think the feature should be implemented

Hidden albums seem to require an additional step from the user.

Checklist

• [X] This is a feature request, not an issue or a question
• [X] Checked out existing feature requests

[steilerDev]

Hidden album network sync findings:

Index Count:

-> 
https://p133-ckdatabasews.icloud.com/database/1/com.apple.photos.cloud/production/private/records/query

{"query":{"recordType":"HyperionIndexCountLookup","filterBy":[{"fieldName":"indexCountID","comparator":"IN","fieldValue":{"value":["CPLAssetHiddenByAssetDate"],"type":"STRING_LIST"}}]},"zoneID":{"zoneName":"PrimarySync","ownerRecordName":"<owner>","zoneType":"REGULAR_CUSTOM_ZONE"}}

Files:

-> https://p133-ckdatabasews.icloud.com/database/1/com.apple.photos.cloud/production/private/records/query

{"query":{"recordType":"CPLAssetAndMasterHiddenByAssetDate","filterBy":[{"fieldName":"direction","comparator":"EQUALS","fieldValue":{"value":"DESCENDING","type":"STRING"}},{"fieldName":"startRank","comparator":"EQUALS","fieldValue":{"value":0,"type":"INT64"}}]},"zoneID":{"zoneName":"PrimarySync","ownerRecordName":"<owner>","zoneType":"REGULAR_CUSTOM_ZONE"},"resultsLimit":2}

Unfortunately I'm currently quite busy, so I'm not sure when I'll get around implementing this - seems feasible though.

[gsong]

Thank you for investigating. Whenever you can get to it would be much appreciated. And I'd be glad to help with testing.

[steilerDev]

btw - the files should already be present in the "All Photos" folder - it's just not linking it into the album.

[gsong]

Oh really? Is there an easy way to correlate any specific image to its underlying filename(s)? I know sometimes there are multiple files associated with a single image if there are edits.

[steilerDev]

After checking the code - I might have been wrong, because I'm syncing "WithoutHiddenOrDeleted" - so if there is no function available that also fetches Hidden records, this feature request might be larger than expected...