Remove EXIF / Metadata from Images

index.js

const fs = require('fs').promises;
const path = require('path');
const sharp = require('sharp');

const sourceDir = './dirty';
const targetDir = './clean';

// Ensure target directory exists
async function ensureTargetDir() {
  try {
    await fs.mkdir(targetDir, { recursive: true });
  } catch (err) {
    console.error(`Error creating target directory: ${err.message}`);
  }
}

// Process images
async function processImages() {
  try {
    // Ensure the target directory exists
    await ensureTargetDir();

    // Get all files in the source directory
    const files = await fs.readdir(sourceDir);

    for (const file of files) {
      const sourceFile = path.join(sourceDir, file);
      const targetFile = path.join(targetDir, file);

      // Check if the file is an image
      if (/\.(jpg|jpeg|png|webp|tiff|gif|bmp)$/i.test(file)) {
        try {
          // Remove EXIF/meta data and save to target directory
          const data = await sharp(sourceFile).toBuffer();
          await sharp(data).toFile(targetFile);
          console.log(`Processed: ${file}`);
        } catch (err) {
          console.error(`Error processing file ${file}: ${err.message}`);
        }
      }
    }
  } catch (err) {
    console.error(`Error processing images: ${err.message}`);
  }
}

processImages();