reimmich/README.md
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# ReImmich
i had a very funny edge case, after a disaster:
- the volume containing my immich's library (i.e. the photos) was intact
- the volume and any replicas (all 6 across 2 servers!!!) of the database was corrupted
after some painful manual re-importing of the images themselves through immich-go, the main thing i was still missing were albums
i discovered that the immich mobile app lets you export its sqlite db, which just happens to contain a cached copy of all albums and their contents
this funny script takes that sqlite db and restores the albums from it as best it can
## how to
1. get an immich api key (i just used an all perms one; `asset.read`, `album.create`, `album.update` should suffice)
2. export the sqlite db from the mobile app (settings -> sync status -> export database)
3. put the sqlite db somewhere under this directory (`priv/` is a good place)
4. create `config/config.exs` with the things you just gathered:
```ex
import Config
config :reimmich,
db: "priv/immich_export_XXXXXXXXXXXX.sqlite",
url: "https://immich.example.com",
api_key: "YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY"
```
5. run `mix run -e 'Reimmich.match'` and pray