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Reading and writing image metadata (See related posts)

The IPTCInfo module allows you to add/edit metadata
to your image. You can download it from here.

Reading
from iptcinfo import IPTCInfo
info = IPTCInfo('test.jpg')
print info.keywords, info.supplementalCategories, info.contacts
caption = info.data['caption/abstract']

Add/Edit
info = IPTCInfo('test.jpg')
info.data['caption/abstract'] = 'Witty caption here'
info.data['supplemental category'] = ['portrait']
info.save()
info.saveAs('test_out.jpg')  # keep original safe

to jpeg python image metadata iptc exif by korakot on Thu Sep 29 18:09:49 -0400 2005

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