JPEG Keywords

jpeg-keywords.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: iso-8859-1 -*-
__version__ = "$Revision: 0.1 $"
__author__ = "Pierrick Terrettaz"
__date__ = "2007-08-15"

import argparse, subprocess

if __name__ == '__main__':
   parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='JPEG Keywords')
   parser.add_argument('-k', '--keywords', dest='keywords', metavar='K', nargs='+', help='Keyword list')
   parser.add_argument('-R', '--recursive', dest='recursive', action='store_true', help='Recursive')
   parser.add_argument('-a', '--append', dest='append', action='store_true', help='Append to existing keywords')
   parser.add_argument('-r', '--remove', dest='remove', action='store_true', help='Remove from existing keywords')
   parser.add_argument('-d', '--drop', dest='drop', action='store_true', help='Drop all existing keywords')
   parser.add_argument('file', action='store', help='file or directory')
   
   args = parser.parse_args()
   
   exiftool = [
      'exiftool',
      '-sep', ",",
      '-P',
      '-overwrite_original_in_place']
   
   if args.recursive:
      exiftool.append('-r')
   if args.drop:
      exiftool.append('-Keywords=')
   elif not args.keywords:
      exiftool.append('-Keywords')
   elif args.remove:
      exiftool.append('-Keywords-=%s' % ','.join(args.keywords))
   elif args.append:
      exiftool.append('-Keywords+=%s' % ','.join(args.keywords))
   else:
      exiftool.append('-Keywords=%s' % ','.join(args.keywords))
      
   exiftool.append(args.file)
   
   subprocess.call(exiftool)