Immich•6mo ago

downloadAsset gives me error 401 - Unauthorized

Hi,
I am writing some Python-code, because immich-go is lacking a bit in functionality for me.
I am new to the immich-API and find it quite hard to get into, because nothing is really documented it seems? Or am I looking in the wrong spot?
For example the downloadAsset function. I get the response from my pixelunion.eu server, that I am Unauthorized.
How am I supposed to authorize?
The python function "requests.get" has a parameter "auth=", but what do I put in there? My login doesn's seem to do.
Looking forward to joining this community

Kris

Immich•7/6/25, 8:26 PM

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KrisOP•7/6/25, 8:27 PM

Btw, so does downloadArchive.

Daniel•7/6/25, 8:27 PM

You need to get an API key

KrisOP•7/6/25, 8:29 PM

Hi, I am logged in with the API key.

KrisOP•7/6/25, 8:30 PM

Uh, or amI. will check!

Daniel•7/6/25, 8:31 PM

On the API docs page you linked you can click authorize in the top right, select api-key, paste your api key there and then it'll generate the python code for you

KrisOP•7/6/25, 8:33 PM

Daniel, the line I wrote yesterday that didn't work for so long actually was missing the API key. I thank you so much

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