SharpExifTool
SharpExifTool
C# Wrapper for ExifTool by Phil Harvey. Available for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Installation
Get SharpExifTool from NuGet.
dotnet add package SharpExifTool
Usage
Init
You can create an exiftool instance by using the built-in exiftool binary.
using(var exiftool = new SharpExifTool.ExifTool())
{
// Do something here
}
Or if you want to provide your own exiftool binary.
using(var exiftool = new SharpExifTool.ExifTool(exiftoolPath: "/opt/homebrew/bin/exiftool"))
{
// Do something here
}
Read All EXIF / Metadata Tags
using(var exiftool = new SharpExifTool.ExifTool())
{
await exiftool.ExtractAllMetadataAsync(filename: "image.jpg");
}
Write EXIF / Metadata Tags
using(var exiftool = new SharpExifTool.ExifTool())
{
await exiftool.WriteTagsAsync(
filename: "image.jpg",
properties: new Dictionary<string, string>
{
["artist"] = ["Phil Harvey"],
});
}
Remove All Safe EXIF / Metadata Tags
using(var exiftool = new SharpExifTool.ExifTool())
{
await exiftool.RemoveAllMetadataAsync(filename: "image.jpg");
}
Custom Command
For example, you want to execute the following in the command line:
exiftool -artist="Phil Harvey" -copyright="2011 Phil Harvey" a.jpg
You can do it like this in C#:
using(var exiftool = new SharpExifTool.ExifTool())
{
await exiftool.ExecuteAsync("-artist=\"Phil Harvey\" -copyright=\"2011 Phil Harvey\" a.jpg");
}
Development
Before starting development, install 3rd party dependencies by executing getlibs.sh (it’ll only work on macOS or Unix operating system, no Windows script for now).
$ ./getlibs.sh
This will download and extract files based on .gitbinmodules content and place them under the libs directory.
To use a different version of exiftool, you can edit the .gitbinmodules file and change it with your desired version.
You can also download from official website and extract the files manually. Put them in the libs directory so it’ll look something like this:
.
├── docs
│ └── README.md
├── libs
│ ├── ExifTool.Unix
│ │ ├── Makefile.PL
│ │ ├── arg_files
│ │ ├── build_geolocation
│ │ ├── config_files
│ │ ├── exiftool
│ │ ├── fmt_files
│ │ ├── lib
│ │ ├── perl-Image-ExifTool.spec
│ │ └── t
│ └── ExifTool.Win
│ └── exiftool.exe
└── src
Credits
- ExifTool by Phil Harvey.
- FileMeta/ExifToolWrapper: CodeBit: C# Wrapper for Phil Harvey’s ExifTool
License
This project is licensed under MIT License.
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