def get_system_library_path():
""" return the path to the system Photos library as string """
""" only works on MacOS 10.15+ """
""" on earlier versions, returns None """
_, major, _ = _get_os_version()
if int(major) < 15:
logging.debug(
f"get_system_library_path not implemented for MacOS < 10.15: you have {major}"
)
return None
plist_file = pathlib.Path(
str(pathlib.Path.home()) +
"/Library/Containers/com.apple.photolibraryd/Data/Library/Preferences/com.apple.photolibraryd.plist"
)
if plist_file.is_file():
with open(plist_file, "rb") as fp:
pl = plistload(fp)
else:
logging.warning(f"could not find plist file: {str(plist_file)}")
return None
photospath = pl["SystemLibraryPath"]
if photospath is not None:
return photospath
else:
logging.warning("Could not get path to Photos database")
return None
def get_last_library_path():
""" returns the path to the last opened Photos library
If a library has never been opened, returns None """
plist_file = pathlib.Path(
str(pathlib.Path.home())
+ "/Library/Containers/com.apple.Photos/Data/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Photos.plist"
)
if plist_file.is_file():
with open(plist_file, "rb") as fp:
pl = plistload(fp)
else:
logging.debug(f"could not find plist file: {str(plist_file)}")
return None
# get the IPXDefaultLibraryURLBookmark from com.apple.Photos.plist
# this is a serialized CFData object
photosurlref = pl["IPXDefaultLibraryURLBookmark"]
if photosurlref is not None:
# use CFURLCreateByResolvingBookmarkData to de-serialize bookmark data into a CFURLRef
# pylint: disable=no-member
# pylint: disable=undefined-variable
photosurl = CoreFoundation.CFURLCreateByResolvingBookmarkData(
kCFAllocatorDefault, photosurlref, 0, None, None, None, None
)
# the CFURLRef we got is a sruct that python treats as an array
# I'd like to pass this to CFURLGetFileSystemRepresentation to get the path but
# CFURLGetFileSystemRepresentation barfs when it gets an array from python instead of expected struct
# first element is the path string in form:
# file:///Users/username/Pictures/Photos%20Library.photoslibrary/
photosurlstr = photosurl[0].absoluteString() if photosurl[0] else None
# now coerce the file URI back into an OS path
# surely there must be a better way
if photosurlstr is not None:
photospath = os.path.normpath(
urllib.parse.unquote(urllib.parse.urlparse(photosurlstr).path)
)
else:
logging.warning(
"Could not extract photos URL String from IPXDefaultLibraryURLBookmark"
)
return None
return photospath
else:
logging.debug("Could not get path to Photos database")
return None