exif_renamer - EXIF to filename

.EXIF_renamer.md

EXIF_renamer

rename your photos to their DateTimeOriginal datetime in EXIF metadata.

.gitignore

bin
include
lib
lib64
target
pyvenv.cfg

.python-version

3.10.4

requirements.txt

piexif==1.1.3

script.py

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)