# Users - Photo - [API documentation](#api-documentation) - [Definitions](#definitions) - [Upload a user's photo from a default file](#upload-a-users-photo-from-a-default-file) - [Upload a user's photo specifying file name](#upload-a-users-photo-specifying-file-name) - [Upload a user's photo specifying separate path and file name](#upload-a-users-photo-specifying-separate-path-and-file-name) - [Upload a user's photo specifying a Google Drive owner and file name](#upload-a-users-photo-specifying-a-google-drive-owner-and-file-name) - [Download a user's photo](#download-a-users-photo) - [Delete a user's photo](#delete-a-users-photo) - [Download a user's profile photo](Users-Profile-Photo) ## API documentation * [Directory API - Users Photos](https://developers.google.com/admin-sdk/directory/reference/rest/v1/users.photos) ## Definitions * [``](Drive-File-Selection) * [``](Collections-of-Users) ## Upload a user's photo from a default file ``` gam update photo ``` * The default file is named `#email#.#ext#` in the current working directory. * `#email#` will be replaced by the user's full email address ## Upload a user's photo specifying file name ``` gam update photo ``` By default, the user's photo will be uploaded from the current working directory. * `` can be a full file path/name or just a file name * `#email#` and `#user#` will be replaced by the user's full email address * `#username#` will be replaced by the local part of the user's email address ## Upload a user's photo specifying separate path and file name ``` gam update photo [drivedir|(sourcefolder )] [filename ] ``` By default, the user's photo will be uploaded from the current working directory. * `drivedir` - The photo will be uploaded from the directory specified by `drive_dir` in gam.cfg * `sourcefolder ` - The photo will be uploaded from `` * `filename ` - A file name * `#email#` and `#user#` will be replaced by the user's full email address * `#username#` will be replaced by the local part of the user's email address ## Upload a user's photo specifying a Google Drive owner and file name ``` gam update photo gphoto | ``` * `` - A file ID * `` - A file name * `#email#` and `#user#` will be replaced by the user's full email address * `#username#` will be replaced by the local part of the user's email address ## Download a user's photo ``` gam get photo [drivedir|(targetfolder )] [filename ] [noshow] [nofile] ``` By default, the user's photo will be downloaded into the current working directory. * `drivedir` - The photo will be downloaded to the directory specified by `drive_dir` in gam.cfg * `targetfolder ` - The photo will be downloaded to `` * `nofile` - Suppress writing the photo data to a file By default, the user's photo will be named `#email#.#ext#`; use the following option to specify a different file name. * `filename ` - The downloaded file name will be `` In either case, the following substitutions will be made: * `#email#` and `#user#` will be replaced by the user's full email address * `#username#` will be replaced by the local part of the user's email address * `#ext#` will be replaced by the appropriate extension based on the data: `jpg`, `png`, `gif` By default, the Base64 encoded data is dumped to stdout. * `noshow` - Suppress dumping the photo data to stdout ## Delete a user's photo ``` gam delete|del photo ```