A simple API that wraps around Immich CLI to upload images. I picked this solution due the fast moving nature of Immich and it's easier for me to keep up to date with the development. File uploads requires me to add a lot of metadata to the requests which is (at the moment) not documented.
I packages this as a separate micro service to keep it simple to maintain. This image is based on top of the official Immich CLI image, theoretically is should be possible to for me to just rebuild this image to get the latest upstream changes.
immich-tools-services-import:
image: ghcr.io/nsg/immich-tools-services-import:master
env_file:
- .env
volumes:
- /mnt/user_a:/user/5cd45f80-8b6c-4a01-9a81-72a89082e744
- /mnt/user_b:/user/238776bb-5b0c-4fe4-98b1-cea72be79a28
restart: always
Each user in Immich has a User ID (represented by a UUID). You can see your ID from user settings page in Immich Web. Alternatively use Immich Tools API:s endpoint /users.
Mount the path and/or volume where a users syncthing files are stored (/mnt/user_a in this example) to the path /user/<uuid> inside the container. The foldername need to match an existing user.
| Path | Query | Comment |
|---|---|---|
/import/{user_id}/{path} |
immich_key | This will import the specified asset to Immich via the Immich CLI |
This will write links in a folder called .link-import inside each volume. The links will be removed but the folder will be left there. It's safe to remove it. This is due a limitation in the CLI, I hope I will be able to contribute a fix for this at a later date.