Add a --date argument to new-photo-post script

If this argument is passed, skip pulling dates from the EXIF data and use it as
the post date.

I recently tried to post a photo that had no EXIF data. This argument provides
an override so the script doesn't 💥 on missing metadata.
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Eryn Wells 2025-10-08 09:04:05 -07:00
parent d4f286d723
commit 0e999284b9

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@ -14,12 +14,23 @@ from erynwells_me.metadata import slugify
from erynwells_me.paths import photos_path
def date_argument(value: str) -> datetime.datetime:
parsed_date = datetime.datetime.fromisoformat(value)
if not parsed_date.tzinfo:
local_timezone = datetime.datetime.now(datetime.timezone.utc).astimezone().tzinfo
parsed_date = datetime.datetime.combine(parsed_date.date(), parsed_date.time(), local_timezone)
return parsed_date
def parse_args(argv, *a, **kw):
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(*a, **kw)
parser.add_argument('-e', '--edit', action='store_true')
parser.add_argument('-n', '--dry-run', action='store_true')
parser.add_argument('-t', '--title')
parser.add_argument('-s', '--slug')
parser.add_argument('-d', '--date', type=date_argument)
parser.add_argument('--dump-exif', action='store_true')
parser.add_argument('photos', nargs='+')
args = parser.parse_args(argv)
@ -29,7 +40,7 @@ def parse_args(argv, *a, **kw):
def main(argv):
args = parse_args(argv[1:], prog=argv[0])
earliest_exif_date: Optional[datetime.datetime] = None
post_date: Optional[datetime.datetime] = args.date
for index, photo in enumerate(args.photos):
print(f'image\t\t{photo}')
@ -40,14 +51,20 @@ def main(argv):
continue
raw_exif = image._getexif()
friendly_exif = {TAGS[k]: v for k, v in raw_exif.items() if k in TAGS}
friendly_exif = {}
if raw_exif:
friendly_exif = {TAGS[k]: v for k, v in raw_exif.items() if k in TAGS}
try:
date_string = f'{friendly_exif["DateTime"]} {friendly_exif["OffsetTime"]}'
exif_date = datetime.datetime.strptime(date_string, '%Y:%m:%d %H:%M:%S %z')
except KeyError:
exif_date = datetime.datetime.strptime(friendly_exif["DateTime"], '%Y:%m:%d %H:%M:%S')
print(f'capture-time\t{exif_date.isoformat()}')
photo_date = None
if not args.date:
try:
date_string = f'{friendly_exif["DateTime"]} {friendly_exif["OffsetTime"]}'
photo_date = datetime.datetime.strptime(date_string, '%Y:%m:%d %H:%M:%S %z')
except KeyError:
photo_date = datetime.datetime.strptime(friendly_exif["DateTime"], '%Y:%m:%d %H:%M:%S')
else:
photo_date = args.date
print(f'capture-time\t{photo_date.isoformat()}')
iso_rating = friendly_exif.get('ISOSpeedRatings')
if iso_rating:
@ -66,23 +83,24 @@ def main(argv):
if exposure_time:
print(f'exposure-time\t{exposure_time}')
if not earliest_exif_date or exif_date < earliest_exif_date:
earliest_exif_date = exif_date
if not post_date or photo_date < post_date:
post_date = photo_date
if index < len(args.photos) - 1:
print()
if not earliest_exif_date:
earliest_exif_date = datetime.datetime.now()
if not post_date:
post_date = datetime.datetime.now()
year = earliest_exif_date.year
month = earliest_exif_date.month
year = post_date.year
month = post_date.month
if args.slug:
name = args.slug
elif args.title:
name = slugify(args.title)
else:
photo = args.photos[0]
name = osp.splitext(osp.basename(photo))[0]
post_path_year = os.path.join(photos_path(), f'{year:04}', name)
@ -100,7 +118,7 @@ def main(argv):
post_path = post_path_year
try:
hugo_command = ['hugo', 'new', '--clock', earliest_exif_date.isoformat(), post_path]
hugo_command = ['hugo', 'new', '--clock', post_date.isoformat(), post_path]
if not args.dry_run:
result = subprocess.run(hugo_command)
result.check_returncode()