Returns a user’s or group’s photo albums.

Getting non-public albums requires a token with photos:read permission.

This method can be called without an access token.

Parameters

owner_id
integer

Identifier of the user or minus identifier of the group whose albums need to be returned.

Current user by default. Required if called without a token.

offset
integer (non-negative)

Offset into the list of albums for pagination.

count
integer (positive)

How many albums to return.

need_system
boolean

Whether to return system albums (profile pictures, saved photos, etc).

By default false.

need_covers
boolean

Whether to return a cover photo for each album.

By default false.

Result

A paginated list of photo albums.

Errors

Global errors may occur when calling this method.