Python API - Getting image EXIF data

Jackaroo

Hi,

 

I've been trying to get the EXIF data from images, mainly I'm after the image orientation. I can do it by using the

files_download_to_file

command and using python to get the EXIF data out later, but I'd rather use the

files_download

command. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Greg-DB

Can you elaborate on what part you're currently stuck on? Both files_download and files_download_to_file will give you the file data, with the difference being how the data is returned. For files_download, the data is returned in memory, in the object in the second return value. For files_download_to_file, it's saved to disk at the download_path location you specify.

 

So, to use files_download for this, you'd need to take the returned file data in memory and then pass it to whatever code you're using to extract the EXIF data. There's an example of using files_download here.