A Google Photos Account is what the Google Photos Picker uses to let you pick images from Google Photos while uploading. It needs a Google API project with the Google Photos Picker API enabled. For details see the Google Photos section in the manual. the section called “Google Photos Picker API”
A shared album link does not need an account here. See Google Photos - Shared Page.
Here are the options you have to set up your Google Photos Account:
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Name
The name of this Google Photos Account. This is just for your own reference.
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Description
The description of a Google Photos Account. Here you can add some notes to yourself.
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Client ID
Part of the credentials you need to get from Google.
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Secret
Part of the credentials you need to get from Google.
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Refresh Token
While the Client ID and the Secret just identify the Google API Project, the refresh token identifies a specific Google Account which uses this API project. Whenever you change the Project credentials, you need to refresh this token after you have saved the new credentials.