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Getting exif data from an image online with python

Hi Is there a way to read exif data from a online image given its url without downloading the image? Right now I'm doing something like:

import urllib, pyexiv2
urllib.urlretrieve(url, File)
exif_info = pyexiv2.ImageMetadata(File)
exif_info.read()
print exif_info.exif_keys

but I'd like to do it without the download step and read directly from the internet. Is that possible?

Edit: Just to be clear the url I'm referring to is something like http://www.site.com/logo.jpg

Solution

  • Actually, the statement "read directly from the internet" is called download.

    If you were able to download only some part of the file, it would be possible. But I don't think it's possible, specially because you can't determine where the EXIF DATA is in the file.