lib/dexif.py
author terom
Sun, 04 May 2008 18:24:02 +0000
changeset 34 1fee720888c9
permissions -rw-r--r--
...and add lib/dexif.py as well
#
# dexif.py - simple EXIF processing for Degal
# Copyright (C) 2008, Santtu Pajukanta <santtu@pajukanta.fi>
#
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from subprocess import Popen, PIPE

# TODO This should be user configurable
EXIFTOOL="/usr/bin/exiftool"

outputTags = [
# TODO Create date is in a useless format, needs some strptime love
    ("CreateDate", "Create date"),
    ("Model", "Camera model"),
    ("Aperture", "Aperture"),
    ("ExposureMode", "Exposure mode"),
    ("ExposureCompensation", "Exposure compensation"),
    ("ExposureTime", "Exposure time"),
    ("Flash", "Flash mode"),
    ("ISO", "ISO"),
    ("ShootingMode", "Shooting mode"),
    ("LensType", "Lens type"),
    ("FocalLength", "Focal length")
]


class ExifError(Exception):
    pass

def parse_exif(filepath):
    """parse_exif(filepath :: String) -> [(String, String)]

    Parse EXIF tags from an image file and return them in a dict.
    """

    args = [EXIFTOOL, "-s", "-t", filepath]
    etproc = Popen(args, stdout = PIPE)

    output, errors = etproc.communicate()
    
    if etproc.returncode < 0:
        raise ExifError, "exiftool terminated by signal %d" % (-etproc.returnco)
    elif etproc.returncode > 0:
        raise ExifError, "exiftool failed with return code %d" % etproc.returncode
    
    tags = dict(line.split("\t", 1) for line in output.split("\n") if line)
    result = [(descr, tags[key]) for (key, descr) in outputTags if tags.has_key(key)]
    return result