About Piexif

What for?

To simplify exif manipulations with Python. Writing, reading, and more…

How to Use

There are only five functions.

  • load(filename) - Get exif data as dict.
  • dump(exif_dict) - Get exif as bytes to save with JPEG.
  • insert(exif_bytes, filename) - Insert exif into JPEG.
  • remove(filename) - Remove exif from JPEG.
  • transplant(filename, filename) - Transplant exif from JPEG to JPEG.

Dependency

Piexif doesn’t depend on any third library.

Environment

Tested on Python 2.7, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, pypy, and pypy3. Piexif would run even on IronPython. Piexif is OS independent and can run on GoogleAppEngine.

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2014, 2015 hMatoba

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