@exifer/parse

Utitlity to transform exif data into a meaningful human readable format. Not limited to exifer!

Install

$ npm install --save @exifer/parse

This module exposes three module definitions:

• ES Module: dist/exif-parse.mjs
• UMD: dist/exif-parse.umd.js
• CommonJS: dist/exif-parse.js

The script can also be directly included from unpkg.com:

<script src="https://unpkg.com/@exifer/parse"></script>

Usage

import { Orientation, Contrast } from '@exifer/parse';

Orientation(8);
// ~> { rotation: 270, flipped: false },

Contrast(1);
// ~> `Soft`

Used directly with exif meta-data reader exifer

import exifer from 'exifer';
import * as parse from '@exifer/parse';

const metadata = await exifer(img, { parse });
// {
//   Orientation: { rotation: 270, flipped: false },
//   SceneCaptureType: `Landscape`,
//   Contrast: `Soft`,
//   MeteringMode: `MultiSpot`
//   ...
// }

API

Export an object of parsers for most Exif tags. The parser name correspond to the Exif tag name.

If a value cannot be parsed it will be returned as is.

Exif Tags Reference

ColorSpace(value)

Returns: String

value

Type: Number

GPSSpeed(value)

Returns: String

value

Type: Number

GPSVersionID(value)

Returns: String

value

Type: Number

GPSDateStamp(value)

Returns: String

value

Type: String

GPSTimeStamp(value)

Returns: String

value

Type: String

GPSTimeStamp(value)

Returns: String

value

Type: String

DateTimeOriginal(value)

Returns: String

value

Type: String

DateTimeDigitized(value)

Returns: String

value

Type: String

ModifyDate(value)

Returns: String

value

Type: String

ExifVersion(value)

Returns: String

value

Type: Array

Orientation(value)

Returns: Object

value

Type: Number

ExposureProgram(value)

Returns: String

value

Type: Number

MeteringMode(value)

Returns: String

value

Type: Number

LightSource(value)

Returns: String

value

Type: Number

Flash(value)

Returns: String

value

Type: Number

SensingMethod(value)

Returns: String

value

Type: Number

SceneCaptureType(value)

Returns: String

value

Type: Number

SceneType(value)

Returns: String

value

Type: Number

CustomRendered(value)

Returns: String

value

Type: Number

WhiteBalance(value)

Returns: String

value

Type: Number

GainControl(value)

Returns: String

value

Type: Number

Contrast(value)

Returns: String

value

Type: Number

Saturation(value)

Returns: String

value

Type: Number

Sharpness(value)

Returns: String

value

Type: Number

SubjectDistanceRange(value)

Returns: String

value

Type: Number

FileSource(value)

Returns: String

value

Type: Number

Components(value)

Returns: String

value

Type: Number

License

MIT © Terkel Gjervig