Remove EXIF data in Python?

Question

Is there any python library/easy way to strip EXIF data from a JPEG without a significant performance/image quality impact? I searched for one but couldn't find much. I'm hosting some user upload images and would like to strip this data for privacy/safety reasons.

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score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 19 '14 at 19:01

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image = GExiv2.Metadata('sample.jpg')
image.clear_exif()
image.clear_xmp()
image.save_file()

with gexiv2 library: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/gexiv2

answered Feb 19 '14 at 19:01

RedBug

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Does not work if the meta data is already too big. The error, `GLib.Error: GExiv2: Failed to read image data (14)`. – notalentgeek Jun 28 '17 at 10:52

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 14 '20 at 15:31

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Just in case anyone's looking for a existing (python) implementation or a higher-level solution with more features, here's a link to the Metadata Anonymization Toolkit.

It may be interesting to look at the images.py file, which includes useful information.

edited Jan 14 '20 at 15:31

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answered Feb 19 '14 at 19:13

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Remove EXIF data in Python?

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