sort-photos

#!/usr/bin/env python3
#
# Created on 2021-12-09 to sort photos based on exif date time original.
# Photos are sorted from argv[1] into argv[2]/yyyy/mm/dd/
#
# Example use:
#     ./sort-photos ~/Pictures/originals/ ~/Dropbox/Photos/
#
import os
import shlex
import subprocess
import sys

# To delete hidden files:
# find originals/ -name ".*" -type f -delete
# identify -format "%[EXIF:DateTimeOriginal]"

def sort(src, dst):
    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(src):
        for file in files:
            base, ext = os.path.splitext(file)
            path = os.path.join(root, file)
            # print(path)
            if '.jpeg' == ext:
                # print(ext)
                cmdpath = shlex.quote(path)
                cmd = f'identify -format "%[EXIF:DateTimeOriginal]" {cmdpath}'
                # print(cmd)
                date = subprocess.check_output(cmd, shell=True, text=True)
                if not date or len(date) < 10:
                    print(f'Error Date: {path} (date)')
                    continue
                datepath = date[0:10].replace(':', '/')
                prefix = date.replace(':', '-').replace(' ', '_')
                dir = os.path.join(dst, datepath)
                dstpath = os.path.join(dir, f'{prefix}-{file}')
                print(f'{path} -> {dstpath}')
                os.makedirs(dir, exist_ok=True)
                os.rename(path, dstpath)

if (sys.argv[1] and sys.argv[2]):
    sort(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2])