📸 PhotoGrabber

Secretly collect and backup your precious memories — silently, safely, and smartly.

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🕵️ What is PhotoGrabber?

PhotoGrabber is a lightweight Python tool that secretly scans your main picture directory, finds all .png and .jpg image files, and moves them to a safe backup spot — without interrupting your workflow.

Whether you want to:

• Backup all your photos before formatting your PC
• Collect images from a specific folder (even subfolders!)
• Create a silent, automated backup system

PhotoGrabber does it quietly and efficiently.

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⚠️ Important Note

This tool is designed for ethical and personal use only.
Use it responsibly — only on your own files or with explicit permission.

The name "secretly" refers to the non-intrusive background operation, not malicious intent. 😎

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🚀 Features

• ✅ Automatically finds .png and .jpg files in your Pictures folder (including all subfolders)
• ✅ Copies files to a local backup folder (where the script is running)
• ✅ Creates the backup folder automatically if it doesn't exist
• ✅ Handles errors gracefully (missing files, permission issues, etc.)
• ✅ Fully customizable — you control the source, destination, and file formats

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🛠️ How It Works

1. Detects your Windows Pictures folder automatically using USERPROFILE
2. Scans recursively for all .png and .jpg files
3. Creates a backup folder next to the script
4. Copies every found image to that backup folder using shutil.copy2 (preserves metadata)

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🔧 Customization Guide

You can easily change source, destination, and file formats by editing a few lines in the script.

📂 Change Source Folder (where to grab from)

Find this line:

source_dir = os.path.join(user_profile, "Pictures")

Change it to any path you want. Examples:

# Grab from Desktop instead
source_dir = os.path.join(user_profile, "Desktop")

# Grab from a custom folder like D:\MyImages
source_dir = r"D:\MyImages"

# Grab from Downloads folder
source_dir = os.path.join(user_profile, "Downloads")

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🖼️ Change File Formats (which extensions to grab)

Find these lines:

picture_files = glob.glob(os.path.join(source_dir, "**", "*.png"), recursive=True)
picture_files.extend(glob.glob(os.path.join(source_dir, "**", "*.jpg"), recursive=True))

Add or remove extensions as you like. Examples:

# Grab only .png files
picture_files = glob.glob(os.path.join(source_dir, "**", "*.png"), recursive=True)

# Grab .png, .jpg, .jpeg, .gif, .bmp
picture_files = glob.glob(os.path.join(source_dir, "**", "*.png"), recursive=True)
picture_files.extend(glob.glob(os.path.join(source_dir, "**", "*.jpg"), recursive=True))
picture_files.extend(glob.glob(os.path.join(source_dir, "**", "*.jpeg"), recursive=True))
picture_files.extend(glob.glob(os.path.join(source_dir, "**", "*.gif"), recursive=True))
picture_files.extend(glob.glob(os.path.join(source_dir, "**", "*.bmp"), recursive=True))

# Grab only .jpg (no subfolders) — remove recursive=True
picture_files = glob.glob(os.path.join(source_dir, "*.jpg"))