Script to fix exported metadata of images from google photos

fix_google_photos_exported_images.py

from os import path, system
import json
from datetime import datetime



f = open("./parse-files.txt", mode='r', encoding='utf-8')

# output = subprocess.check_output(f'exiftool -filename -r -if \'($filetype eq "JPG" or $filetype eq "JPEG") and (not $createdate) and (not $datetimeoriginal)\' . | grep "========" | sed "s/======== //gi"', shell=True, text=True)

for line in f:
  file = line.replace("\n", "")

  json_file_name = ""
  if path.isfile(f'{file}.json'):
    json_file_name = f'{file}.json'
  elif path.isfile(file.replace("o.jpg", ".json")):
    json_file_name = file.replace("o.jpg", ".json")

  if json_file_name:
    try:
      json_file = json.load(open(json_file_name, 'r'))
      date_time = datetime.fromtimestamp(int(json_file['photoTakenTime']['timestamp']))
      time = date_time.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
      print(f'==> exiftool -all= "{file}"')
      system(f'exiftool -all= "{file}"')
      print(f'==> exiftool "-datetimeoriginal={time}" "{file}"')
      system(f'exiftool "-datetimeoriginal={time}" "{file}"')
    except ValueError as error:
      print (file, error)
  else:
    print("NO -",file)

f.close()