Node.js and ExifTool

[80leaves]

Hey everyone,

does anyone know how it might be possible to use exiftool with node.js? Maybe there are already a few attempts to do so, but I haven't found anything so far.

Thanks
eighty

[mexitek]

Shouldn't be too difficult. As long as exiftool is installed in a location where it is globally accessible. You can export the meta data in json by using the json flag.

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exiftool -json path/to/image.jpg


Here are some examples on how to run shell commands in node.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14458508/node-js-shell-command-execution