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Metadata Extractor lets you access the metadata in digital images via a simple API.
It understands several formats of metadata, all of which may be present in a single image:
In addition it can decode values that are specific to particular camera manufacturers and models, including:
You're free to use this code with the terms of the Apache License 2. Please send me a short email to let me know if you find it useful. If you make interesting changes, either mail me a copy or create an issue and I'll review them for inclusion. The continual contact with users and contributors of the library encourages and motivates me to keep making improvements.
You are free to sell work based upon this library, though please consider making a donation.
The project's Javadoc is available online.
The project wiki contains sample code and sample output.
I've put together a directory of JPEG images from various different camera models to aid further development of the codebase. Please send additions to me via . Large attachments sometimes bounce. Please warn me beforehand. Huge thanks to everyone who's provided images so far.
Support for:
As stated previously, it is hoped others will extend the framework. If you've got some code you'd like to integrate, drop me an .
Two mailing lists exist for this project:
You can download the source and compiled binaries on the releases page. Old versions and a changelog are available there too.
If you've found this library useful and would like to thank the author, you can make a donation to show your appreciation for the many hours spent on this project.