Read EXIF data from image and video files and sort theses files in a custom structure (folders and subfolders representing years, months and days…).

ExifFolders.py

from PIL import ExifTags, Image
from os import listdir, mkdir
from os.path import isfile, join, isdir, getmtime
from datetime import datetime
import shutil

files = [f for f in listdir('.') if isfile(join('.', f))]

__folder_structure = ["%Y", "%Y-%m (%Y-%B)", "%Y-%m-%d"]

for file in files:
	_datetime = None
	if file[-4:].lower() == ".jpg" or file[-5:].lower() == ".jpeg":
		try:
			image = Image.open(file)
			exif_data = {
				ExifTags.TAGS[k]: v for k, v in image._getexif().items() if k in ExifTags.TAGS
			}
			image.close()  # Release image file
			if "DateTimeOriginal" in exif_data:
				_datetime = exif_data["DateTimeOriginal"]
				_datetime = datetime.strptime(_datetime, "%Y:%m:%d %H:%M:%S")
			elif "DateTimeDigitized" in exif_data:
				_datetime = exif_data["DateTimeDigitized"]
				_datetime = datetime.strptime(_datetime, "%Y:%m:%d %H:%M:%S")
		except:
			print("Error reading file '%s'" % file)
	elif file[-4:].lower() == ".mp4":
		try:
			_datetime = datetime.fromtimestamp(int(getmtime(join('.', file))))
		except:
			print("Error reading file '%s'" % file)
	elif file[-3:].lower() == ".py":
        	continue
	elif file[-3:].lower() != ".py":
		try:
			_datetime = datetime.fromtimestamp(int(getmtime(join('.', file))))
		except:
			print("Error reading file '%s'" % file)
	if _datetime is not None:
		_current = "."
		for _structure in __folder_structure:
			_folder = datetime.strftime(_datetime, _structure)
			if not isdir(join(_current, _folder)):
				mkdir(join(_current, _folder))
				print("Directory '%s' created" % _folder)
			else:
				pass
			_current = join(_current, _folder)
		shutil.move(join('.', file), join(_current, file))
	else:
		print("File has no datetime tag: '%s'" % file)