Change gallery privacy
Set the visibility and access of a gallery or folder.
MCP tool smugmug_write → set_gallery_privacy
write Confirm
Changes who can open the gallery and returns how many galleries changed. Unlisted hides a gallery from navigation and search but anyone with the link can open it. A Private folder makes everything inside it Private. Updating direct image URLs stops every direct link shared before and cannot be undone. By default you confirm each call; you can switch that off for this tool.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| gallery_id string required | string | Gallery or folder ID from list_galleries. |
| visibility string | string | One of 'public', 'unlisted' or 'private'. |
| access string | string | One of 'password' or 'people_i_choose'. For people_i_choose, add people with invite_gallery_viewers. |
| password string | string | Gallery password. Required with access password. |
| password_hint string | string | Hint shown to visitors. |
| include_galleries_inside boolean | boolean | For a folder: apply the setting to every gallery inside it, at any depth. Default false. |
| update_direct_image_urls boolean | boolean | When switching to private: invalidate direct image links shared before. Irreversible. Default false. |
tools/call
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"id": 1,
"method": "tools/call",
"params": {
"name": "smugmug_write",
"arguments": {
"operation": "set_gallery_privacy",
"arguments": {
"gallery_id": "Xk4RtP",
"visibility": "private"
}
}
}
}Example response
{
"content": [
{
"type": "text",
"text": "{ ... same JSON as structuredContent ... }"
}
],
"structuredContent": {
"gallery_id": "Xk4RtP",
"title": "Smith wedding",
"visibility": "private",
"galleries_changed": 1,
"direct_image_urls_updated": false
},
"isError": false
}