How to get image metadata in ios

Question

I want to display image metadata using ios. Meta data like Aperture, Shutterspeed, Exposure Compensation, ISO, Lens Focal Length, etc. So please help me if anybody has idea

Answer 1

swift 4

static func imageDataProperties(_ imageData: Data) -> NSDictionary? {
    if let imageSource = CGImageSourceCreateWithData(imageData as CFData, nil)
    {
      if let dictionary = CGImageSourceCopyPropertiesAtIndex(imageSource, 0, nil) {
        return dictionary
      }
    }
    return nil
  }

Answer 2

Here is code, to get meta data from an image path:

NSData *imagedata = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:imagePath];
CGImageSourceRef source = CGImageSourceCreateWithData((CFMutableDataRef)imagedata, NULL);
NSDictionary *metadata = [(NSDictionary *)CGImageSourceCopyPropertiesAtIndex(source,0,NULL)autorelease];

Or, if using swift 4.0:

var imagedata = Data(contentsOfFile: imagePath) 
var source: CGImageSourceRef = CGImageSourceCreateWithData((imagedata as? CFMutableDataRef), nil) 
var metadata = CGImageSourceCopyPropertiesAtIndex(source, 0, nil) as? [AnyHashable: Any]

Answer 3

You need to use assets library to read exif metadata of image.

#import <AssetsLibrary/AssetsLibrary.h>

And then add following code :

- (void)imagePickerController:(UIImagePickerController *)picker didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo:(NSDictionary *)info
{
    NSURL *assetURL = [info objectForKey:UIImagePickerControllerReferenceURL];

    ALAssetsLibrary *library = [[ALAssetsLibrary alloc] init];
    __block NSMutableDictionary *imageMetadata = nil;
    [library assetForURL:assetURL
             resultBlock:^(ALAsset *asset)  {
                 NSDictionary *metadata = asset.defaultRepresentation.metadata;
                 imageMetadata = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] initWithDictionary:metadata];
                 NSLog(@"%@",imageMetadata.description);
             }
            failureBlock:^(NSError *error) {
            }];
}

Hope this will help

Answer 4

-(void)imagePickerController:(UIImagePickerController *)picker didFinishPickingMediaWithInfo:(NSDictionary *)info
{
  NSURL *referenceURL = [info objectForKey:UIImagePickerControllerReferenceURL];

    if(referenceURL) {
    ALAssetsLibrary *library = [[ALAssetsLibrary alloc] init];
    [library assetForURL:referenceURL resultBlock:^(ALAsset *asset) {
        ALAssetRepresentation *rep = [asset defaultRepresentation];
        NSDictionary *metadata = rep.metadata;
        NSLog(@"image data %@", metadata);


    } failureBlock:^(NSError *error) {
        // error handling
    }];
}

Answer 5

CGImageSourceRef source = CGImageSourceCreateWithURL( (CFURLRef) aUrl, NULL);
CGImageSourceRef source = CGImageSourceCreateWithData( (CFDataRef) theData, NULL);
NSDictionary* metadata = (NSDictionary *)CFBridgingRelease(CGImageSourceCopyPropertiesAtIndex(source,0,NULL));
CFRelease(source);

Check the dictionary contents here.

Answer 6

Reading image properties via Core Graphics wrapped as Swift struct:

struct ImageMetadata {

    var imageProperties : [CFString: Any]

    init?(data: Data) {
        let options = [kCGImageSourceShouldCache: kCFBooleanFalse]
        if let imageSource = CGImageSourceCreateWithData(data as CFData, options as CFDictionary),
            let imageProperties = CGImageSourceCopyPropertiesAtIndex(imageSource, 0, nil) as? [CFString: Any] {
            self.imageProperties = imageProperties
        } else {
            return nil
        }
    }

    var dpi : Int? { imageProperties[kCGImagePropertyDPIWidth] as? Int }
    var width : Int? { imageProperties[kCGImagePropertyPixelWidth] as? Int }
    var height : Int? { imageProperties[kCGImagePropertyPixelHeight] as? Int }

}