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exif_renamer - EXIF to filename

EXIF_renamer

rename your photos to their DateTimeOriginal datetime in EXIF metadata.

bin
include
lib
lib64
target
pyvenv.cfg
import sys
import os
import fnmatch
from datetime import datetime
import piexif
def filter_files_with_patterns(directory, patterns):
matching_files = []
for pattern in patterns:
matching_files.extend(fnmatch.filter(os.listdir(directory), pattern))
return matching_files
def rename_with_exif_data(directory):
patterns = ['*.jpg', '*.jpeg', '*.JPG', '*.JPEG']
total_files = len(filter_files_with_patterns(directory, patterns))
total_errors = 0
for i, filename in enumerate(os.listdir(directory)):
if filename.lower().endswith(('.jpg', '.jpeg')):
print(f"Processing {i+1}/{total_files}, filename: {filename}")
file_path = os.path.join(directory, filename)
try:
exif_data = piexif.load(file_path)
if exif_data['Exif'] is not None:
date_time = exif_data['Exif'][piexif.ExifIFD.DateTimeOriginal]
if date_time is not None:
dt = datetime.strptime(date_time.decode('ascii'), '%Y:%m:%d %H:%M:%S')
extension = os.path.splitext(filename)[1]
new_filename = dt.strftime('%Y%m%d_%H%M%S_nikon') + extension
new_file_path = os.path.join(directory, new_filename)
os.rename(file_path, new_file_path)
print(f"Renamed '{filename}' to '{new_filename}'")
else:
print("Oh no, EXIF DateTimeOriginal not found")
else:
print("Oh no, exit data NOT found")
except (IOError, OSError, KeyError):
total_errors += 1
print(f"ERROR: Failed to process '{filename}'")
print(f"Finished with {total_errors} error/s")
# main script
if len(sys.argv) > 1:
DIRECTORY_PATH = sys.argv[1]
rename_with_exif_data(DIRECTORY_PATH)
else:
print("ERROR: No argument provided.")
sys.exit(1)
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