Fixes the rotation of images in a folder by their EXIF orientation property. Useful for Wikimedia Commons uploads

fix-rotation-by-exif-orientation-of-pictures.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import glob
import sys
from PIL import ImageOps, Image

dirpath = sys.argv[1]

try:
    images = glob.glob(dirpath + "/*.jpg")
    for filepath in images:
        image = Image.open(filepath)
        image = ImageOps.exif_transpose(image)
        image.save(filepath)
        image.close()
except (AttributeError, KeyError, IndexError):
    # cases: image don't have getexif
    pass