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Co-authored-by: bo0tzz <git@bo0tzz.me>
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Bulk Upload (Using the CLI)

You can use the CLI to upload an existing gallery to the Immich server

Immich CLI Repository

Requirements

  • Node.js 16 or above
  • Npm

Installation

npm i -g immich

Quick Start

Specify user's credential, Immich's server address and port and the directory you would like to upload videos/photos from.

immich upload --key HFEJ38DNSDUEG --server http://192.168.1.216:2283/api file1.jpg file2.jpg

By default, subfolders are not included. To upload a directory including subfolder, use the --recursive option:

immich upload --key HFEJ38DNSDUEG --server http://192.168.1.216:2283/api --recursive directory/

Options

Parameter Description
--yes / -y Assume yes on all interactive prompts
--recursive / -r Include subfolders
--delete / -da Delete local assets after upload
--key / -k User's API key
--server / -s Immich's server address
--threads / -t Number of threads to use (Default 5)
--album/ -al Create albums for assets based on the parent folder or a given name
--import/ -i Import gallery

Obtain the API Key

The API key can be obtained in the user setting panel on the web interface.

Obtain Api Key

Run via Docker

You can run the CLI inside of a docker container to avoid needing to install anything.

:::caution Running inside Docker Be aware that as this runs inside a container, you need to mount the folder from which you want to import into the container. :::

cd /DIRECTORY/WITH/IMAGES
docker run -it --rm -v "$(pwd):/import" ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-cli:latest upload --key HFEJ38DNSDUEG --server http://192.168.1.216:2283/api
docker run -it --rm -v "/DIRECTORY/WITH/IMAGES:/import" ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-cli:latest upload --key HFEJ38DNSDUEG --server http://192.168.1.216:2283/api
alias immich='docker run -it --rm -v "$(pwd):/import" ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-cli:latest'
immich upload --key HFEJ38DNSDUEG --server http://192.168.1.216:2283/api

:::tip Internal networking If you are running the CLI container on the same machine as your Immich server, you may not be able to reach the external address. In that case, try the following steps:

  1. Find the internal Docker network used by Immich via docker network ls.
  2. Adapt the above command to pass the --network <immich_network> argument to docker run, substituting <immich_network> with the result from step 1.
  3. Use --server http://immich-server:3001 for the upload command instead of the external address.
docker run --network immich_default -it --rm -v "$(pwd):/import" ghcr.io/immich-app/immich-cli:latest upload --key HFEJ38DNSDUEG --server http://immich-server:3001

:::

Run from source

git clone https://github.com/immich-app/CLI
npm install
npm run build
node bin/index.js upload --key HFEJ38DNSDUEG --server http://192.168.1.216:2283/api --recursive your/asset/directory