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DCStalls · 2022-04-13 01:18:03

configuration metadata metadata:exif metadata:iptc user upload

Hello,

I am in the process of setting up a Piwigo gallery to allow family members share and collaborate on pictures from our ancestors. I want to be able to use other software like Digikam to identify faces and pre-tag to make the "known" information more useful. I am trying to use "Exiftool Keywords" to read existing tags from uploaded files but cannot find any documentation or instructions on how the extension is supposed to work. I see random posts of users asking questions and using config settings but often not getting any reply.

The main tags I want to read from the files and import as Piwigo tags are:
- "Region Person Display Name"
- "XMP Keywords" or "Keywords"

Any insight on where there is documentation for this would be greatly appreciated.

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erAck · 2022-04-13 11:22:05

As [extension by plg] Exiftool Keywords is just a smallish wrapper around a call to exiftool the best documentation for that might be its web site https://exiftool.org/ and specifically https://exiftool.org/#tagnames
To figure out tag names use exiftool -s filename.jpg
Add the tags you're interested in to your local config like in

Code:

$conf['ek_fields'] = array('Keywords', 'XPKeywords', 'RegionPersonDisplayName');

Note that 'RegionPersonDisplayName' doesn't have to be correct, I just made it up by omitting the blanks from your example, as programmatic tag names don't contain blanks (for that the option -s is used above).

DCStalls · 2022-04-14 11:03:14

Thank you for the reply. You were correct with the fields. How would I read these fields from the photo into Piwigo tags?

erAck · 2022-04-14 12:10:01

? the extension does that for all comma separated content of the configured Exif tags.

DCStalls · 2022-04-14 12:48:20

Ok, so what is the trigger for that to occur? I have uploaded new pics with these fields populated in the image and I have tried the metadata refresh but nothing shows up.

DCStalls · 2022-04-18 22:36:45

Just following up to see if anyone can provide some insight here. I think this is a great platform and I understand the community here have regular jobs but I am struggling to understand how Piwigo is supposed to extract EXIF info into Piwigo tags.

erAck · 2022-04-18 23:09:27

Reading code I don't immediately see a reason why the Exif trigger doesn't deliver results. In include/functions_metadata.inc.php line 138 there's

Code:

  if ($exif = @exif_read_data($filename) or $exif2 = trigger_change('format_exif_data', $exif=null, $filename, $map))
  {
    if (!empty($exif2))
    {
      $exif = $exif2;
    }
    else
    {
      $exif = trigger_change('format_exif_data', $exif, $filename, $map);
    }

So if exif_read_data() fails then format_exif_data hooks are triggered and supposed to fill $exif2, which then assigned to $exif is used further. If exif_read_data() does not fail then $exif2 should be empty and an additional format_exif_data hook be executed, which here ek_format_exif_data() should assign extracted Exif fields to $exif['Keywords'].

If it doesn't I'd suggest to temporarily echo/log the content of $exif['Keywords'] after all assignments of $exif along with where (i.e. indicating in which branch it happened). Maybe that sheds some light.

DCStalls · 2022-04-19 05:26:44

Sorry for continuing to ask, how would I "temporarily echo/log the content of $exif['Keywords']"?

DCStalls · 2022-04-19 19:08:02

I also found another post about the plugin "Exiftool Keywords" using the command line exiftool. How do I know if this is actually even working?

erAck · 2022-04-19 19:50:56

Before going into debugging details, could you provide a link to an image that should have keywords extracted but doesn't?

DCStalls · 2022-04-19 21:04:20

https://fountain-family.com/gstage/pict … category/1

U: test
P: test

erAck · 2022-04-19 22:46:51

So fields containing the "Brian 2" tag/keyword are EXIF XPKeywords and IPTC Keywords and XMP Subject, LastKeywordXMP and LastKeywordIPTC. The RegionPersonDisplayName field is also XMP.

As iptc_keywords (field Keywords) is recognized as well, maybe add this to your local config:

Code:

// use_iptc: Use IPTC data during database synchronization with files
// metadata
$conf['use_iptc'] = true;

// use_iptc_mapping : in which IPTC fields will Piwigo find image
// information ? This setting is used during metadata synchronisation. It
// associates a piwigo_images column name to a IPTC key
$conf['use_iptc_mapping'] = array(
  'keywords'        => '2#025',
  'author'          => '2#080', // not 2#122, see https://piwigo.org/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=168381#p168381
  'name'            => '2#005',
  'comment'         => '2#120'
  );

That doesn't explain though why the Exiftool Keywords plugin's procedure doesn't add the XPKeywords content to keywords if it was executed at all. The PHP exif_read_data() function apparently did not extract XPKeywords, or it was overwritten/cleared after.

Or did you disable $conf['use_exif'] or have some odd mapping in $conf['use_exif_mapping'] in your local config?

DCStalls · 2022-04-20 01:51:25

This what I have right now....

Code:

<?php

/* The file does not exist until some information is entered 
below. Once information is entered and saved, the file will be created. */

$conf['enable_i_log'] = true;

$conf['show_exif'] = true;

$conf['show_exif_fields'] = array(
  'DateTimeOriginal',
  'Make',
  'Model',
  'ExposureProgram',
  'FocalLengthIn35mmFilm',
  'FNumber',
  'ExposureTime',
  'ISOSpeedRatings',
  'Flash',
  'WhiteBalance',
  'UserComment'
  );

$conf['show_iptc'] = true;

$conf['show_iptc_mapping'] = array(
  'iptc_creator'         => '2#080',
  'iptc_title'           => '2#005',
  'iptc_headline'        => '2#105',
  'iptc_description'     => '2#120',
  'iptc_keywords'        => '2#025',
  );

$conf['use_exif_mapping'] = array(
  'date_creation'        => 'DateTimeOriginal',
  'comment'              => 'UserComment',
  );

$conf['use_iptc_mapping'] = array(
  'author'          => '2#080',
  'name'            => '2#005',
  'comment'         => '2#120',
  'keywords'        => '2#025',
  );

$conf['ek_fields'] = array('Keywords', 'XPKeywords', 'RegionPersonDisplayName');

?>

Last edited by DCStalls (2022-04-20 01:53:04)

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