PHOTO BLOB DATA

[JakeTH]

I am writing out exif data to csv and json and need the raw blob data in written to json and or a db. Is this something I can do with exiftools?

The end goal is extracting the data using command line or python.




Thanks in advance!

[StarGeek]

What do you mean by "raw blob data"?  Do you mean extracting the EXIF as a block?  EXIF, IPTC, XMP, and ICC_Profile data can be extracted, possibly some others.  See the EXIF examples on the Metadata Sidecar Files page.  The first example will only work on single files.  The more complex ones that follow can be used in batch using the %d/%f/%e variables that are documented in the -w (-TextOut) option.  The XMP section of that page has batch examples.

See the Extra Tags page for other groups that can be extracted as a block (search for "block" on that page).