CLI utility to read/write XMP fields in files
Project description
This is a simple command line utility to read/write single value fields in XMP files using the python-xmp-toolkit.
Installation
A simple install from pip:
$ pip install xmp-tool
- Note: python-xmp-toolkit depends on Exempi which needs to be
built for XMP to be installed properly.
Use your systems package manager to install Exempi, on Mac OS X with homebrew:
$ brew install exempi
On a Debian based Linux system do:
# apt-get install libexempi-dev
Usage:
$ xmp-tool -h
usage: xmp-tool [-h] [--value VALUE] [--no-sidecar] [field] file [file ...]
Read or write XMP fields in a file
positional arguments:
field The field to read/write. If no field specified entire XMP
document printed.
file A file to work on
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--value VALUE A value to write to the field specified
--no-sidecar Never write to sidecar files.
Reading a field:
$ xmp-tool format test.jpg
test.jpg: format=image/jpeg
Reading the entire XMP contents of a file:
$ xmp-tool test.jpg
test.jpg: None=<?xpacket begin="" id="W5M0MpCehiHzreSzNTczkc9d"?>
<x:xmpmeta xmlns:x="adobe:ns:meta/" x:xmptk="Exempi + XMP Core 5.1.2">
<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#">
<rdf:Description rdf:about=""
xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
<dc:PhysicalMedium>lto01</dc:PhysicalMedium>
</rdf:Description>
</rdf:RDF>
</x:xmpmeta>
<?xpacket end="w"?>
Writing a field:
# First try to read the field when there's no data in it
$ xmp-tool PhysicalMedium test.jpg
test.jpeg: ERROR READING FIELD "PhysicalMedium"
# Then try to add the data and then read the field
$ xmp-tool PhysicalMedium --value lto01 test.jpg
$ xmp-tool PhysicalMedium test.jpg
test.jpg: PhysicalMedium=lto01
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