Photo management script to move folders from a generic import location to a hierarchical set of folders organized by year and month.This script was originally written by Dr. Drang: http://www.leancrew.com/all-this/2013/10/photo-management-via-the-finder/ I've added support to detect Nikon Raw (.nef) files and to create the directories it needs i…

organize-photos.py

#!/usr/bin/python

import os, shutil
import subprocess
import os.path
from datetime import datetime

######################## Functions #########################

def photoDate(f):
  "Return the date/time on which the given photo was taken."

  cDate = subprocess.check_output(['sips', '-g', 'creation', f])
  cDate = cDate.split('\n')[1].lstrip().split(': ')[1]
  return datetime.strptime(cDate, "%Y:%m:%d %H:%M:%S")


def createFolder(f):
  "Create a target folder if it does not already exist."

  if not os.path.isdir(f):
    os.makedirs(f)
  return


###################### Main program ########################

# Where the photos are and where they're going.
sourceDir = os.environ['HOME'] + '/Desktop/Import'
destDir = os.environ['HOME'] + '/Desktop/Processed'

# The format for the new file names.
fmt = "%Y-%m-%d %H.%M.%S"

# The problem files.
problems = []

# Get all the JPEGs in the source folder.
photos = os.listdir(sourceDir)
photos = [ x for x in photos if x[-4:] == '.jpg' or x[-4:] == '.JPG' or x[-4:] == '.nef' or x[-4:] == '.NEF' ]

print "Found " + str(len(photos)) + " images to process..."

# Copy photos into year and month subfolders. Name the copies according to
# their timestamps. If more than one photo has the same timestamp, add
# suffixes 'a', 'b', etc. to the names. 
for photo in photos:
  original = sourceDir + '/' + photo
  suffix = 'a'
  ext = photo[-4:]
  try:
    pDate = photoDate(original)
    yr = pDate.year
    mo = pDate.month
    createFolder(destDir + '/%04d/%02d' % (yr, mo))
    newname = pDate.strftime(fmt)
    duplicate = destDir + '/%04d/%02d/%s%s' % (yr, mo, newname, ext)
    while os.path.exists(duplicate):
      newname = pDate.strftime(fmt) + suffix
      duplicate = destDir + '/%04d/%02d/%s%s' % (yr, mo, newname, ext)
      suffix = chr(ord(suffix) + 1)
    shutil.copy2(original, duplicate)
  except ValueError:
    problems.append(photo)

# Report the problem files, if any.
if len(problems) > 0:
  print "Problem files:"
  print "\n".join(problems)