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exifread

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Library to extract Exif information from digital camera image files.

Last release 1 years ago
23 Aug 2025
Ships unpredictably
gaps range from 2 weeks to 4.9 years
Some releases are documented
notes for 12 of 26 stable releases
1 version withdrawn
withdrawn after publishing
13 years old
27 releases · first in 2013

Release timeline

27 releases since 2013

2013201520172019

Releases

3.5.123 Aug 2025
Don't raise exception from decode_maker_note() if strict==False (#243) by Nathan Olson
What's Changed

Don't raise exception from decode_maker_note() if strict==False (#243) by Nathan Olson

Full Changelog: https://github.com/ianare/exif-py/compare/3.5.0...3.5.1
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3.5.023 Aug 2025
Add support for JPEG XL (#242) by Nathan Olson
What's Changed

Add support for JPEG XL (#242) by Nathan Olson

Add Image SubIFDs decoding and Nikon Z 9 sample (#240) by Martins Bruvelis

Make it easier to add new file types to testing

Full Changelog: https://github.com/ianare/exif-py/compare/3.4.0...3.5.0
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What's Changed

better typing of serialize module, varius code cleanup
fix for invalid slice length (#235)
Add tests and document usage of truncate_tags (#232)
Add support for files with signature "ftypavif" or "ftypmif1" (#237) by Markus Vogt
Add basic makernote tags for Sony (#236)

Full Changelog: https://github.com/ianare/exif-py/compare/3.3.2...3.4.0

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3.3.030 Apr 2025

add Canon AFInfo by @ianare in https://github.com/ianare/exif-py/pull/224

What's Changed

add Canon AFInfo by @ianare in https://github.com/ianare/exif-py/pull/224
add more makernote tags for Nikon, Casio, Apple
Add typing to the tag dicts by @ianare in https://github.com/ianare/exif-py/pull/225
fix for KeyError extracting thumbnail by @ianare in https://github.com/ianare/exif-py/pull/227
fix for exception on unhandled heic box hdlr by @ianare in https://github.com/ianare/exif-py/pull/228

Full Changelog: https://github.com/ianare/exif-py/compare/3.2.0...3.3.0

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3.2.026 Apr 2025

add testing using pytest by @ianare in https://github.com/ianare/exif-py/pull/214

What's Changed

add testing using pytest by @ianare in https://github.com/ianare/exif-py/pull/214
Field types should be easier to use by @ianare in https://github.com/ianare/exif-py/pull/213
fix for incoherent thumbnail extraction by @ianare in https://github.com/ianare/exif-py/pull/215
Add images from DasMoorhuhn (#204) by @ianare in https://github.com/ianare/exif-py/pull/216
rework field defintions, test warning messages by @ianare in https://github.com/ianare/exif-py/pull/217
Rework project structure; add more Canon tags by @ianare in https://github.com/ianare/exif-py/pull/218
fixes for str, bytes typing mismatch by @ianare in https://github.com/ianare/exif-py/pull/219
add test image for TypeError on Nikon by @ianare in https://github.com/ianare/exif-py/pull/220
Update issue templates by @ianare in https://github.com/ianare/exif-py/pull/221

Full Changelog: https://github.com/ianare/exif-py/compare/3.1.0...3.2.0

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3.1.025 Apr 2025

:boom: Drop support for Python 3.5 and 3.6

What's Changed

:boom: Drop support for Python 3.5 and 3.6

Add DJI makernotes, extract_thumbnail parameter by @pierotofy in https://github.com/ianare/exif-py/pull/168
Fix endianess bug while reading DJI makernotes, add Make tag by @pierotofy in https://github.com/ianare/exif-py/pull/169
Make CI pass by @nickdimitroff in https://github.com/ianare/exif-py/pull/178
fix webp for file conversion by magick by @mvaranda in https://github.com/ianare/exif-py/pull/132
ignore unknown parsers. fix #160 by @hpoul in https://github.com/ianare/exif-py/pull/175
fix mypy by @ianare in https://github.com/ianare/exif-py/pull/180
Allow extract thumbnail with details=False by @angel6700 in https://github.com/ianare/exif-py/pull/170
This commit fixes the error as described in issue by @manand881 in https://github.com/ianare/exif-py/pull/207
don't let debug logging trigger an exception by @rascalking in https://github.com/ianare/exif-py/pull/196
Added missing HEIC box names and handling of a TIFF header inside HEIC by @alketola in https://github.com/ianare/exif-py/pull/173
Fix broken automated tests by syncing with exif-samples by @EtiennePelletier in https://github.com/ianare/exif-py/pull/202
Put all test files in the repo by @ianare in https://github.com/ianare/exif-py/pull/208
Update README.rst by @kikislater in https://github.com/ianare/exif-py/pull/183
Add a serialization option for EXIF dictionaries by @EtiennePelletier in https://github.com/ianare/exif-py/pull/129
add more typing definitions by @ianare in https://github.com/ianare/exif-py/pull/181
run black, isort by @ianare in https://github.com/ianare/exif-py/pull/209
Canon MakerNote: Allow callable to process tag value by @TheDJVG in https://github.com/ianare/exif-py/pull/189

New Contributors

@nickdimitroff made their first contribution in https://github.com/ianare/exif-py/pull/178
@mvaranda made their first contribution in https://github.com/ianare/exif-py/pull/132
@hpoul made their first contribution in https://github.com/ianare/exif-py/pull/175
@angel6700 made their first contribution in https://github.com/ianare/exif-py/pull/170
@manand881 made their first contribution in https://github.com/ianare/exif-py/pull/207
@rascalking made their first contribution in https://github.com/ianare/exif-py/pull/196
@alketola made their first contribution in https://github.com/ianare/exif-py/pull/173
@kikislater made their first contribution in https://github.com/ianare/exif-py/pull/183
@TheDJVG made their first contribution in https://github.com/ianare/exif-py/pull/189

Full Changelog: https://github.com/ianare/exif-py/compare/3.0.0...3.1.0

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3.0.08 May 2022Breaking

BREAKING CHANGE: Add type hints, which removes Python2 compatibility

BREAKING CHANGE: Add type hints, which removes Python2 compatibility
Update make_string util to clean up bad values (#128) by Étienne Pelletier
Fix Olympus SpecialMode Unknown Values (#143) by Paul Barton
Remove coding system from UserComment sequence only if it is valid (#147) by Grzegorz Ruciński
Fixes to orientation by Mark
Add some EXIF tags
Add support for PNG files (#159) by Marco
Fix for HEIC Unknown Parsers (#153) by Paul Barton
Handle images that has corrupted headers/tags (#152) by Mahmoud Harmouch

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2.3.03 Aug 2020

Modernize code and improve testing, split up some huge functions

Add notice on Python2 EOL
Modernize code and improve testing, split up some huge functions
Added support for webp file format (#116) by Grzegorz Ruciński
Add linting
Added missing IFD data type; correct spelling mistake (#119) by Piero Toffanin
Add syntax highlight for README (#117) by John Lin
Add Python 3.8 to CI (#113) by 2*yo
make HEIC exif extractor much more compatible (#109) by Tony Guo
Add black level tag (#108)
Use list instead of tuple for classifiers (#107) by Florian Preinstorfer

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2.2.030 Jul 2020withdrawn

Add support for Python 3.5, 3.6, 3.7

Add support for Python 3.5, 3.6, 3.7
Drop official support for Python 2.6, 3.2, 3.3
Fix for string count equals 0 (issue #67)
Rebasing of struct pull requests: closes #54, closes #60 (Christopher Chavez)
Raw images support by changing Tiff detection (xaumex)
Fix GPS information erroneously None #96 (Christopher Chavez)
Initial HEIC support (Sam Rushing)

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