This catches unintended uses and bugs, default to True. See check_execute for more info.Ĭheck_tag_names ( bool) – Will check the tag names provided to methods which work directly with tag names. This catches some invalid commands passed to exiftool subprocess, defaults to True. _init_ ( self, auto_start = True, check_execute = True, check_tag_names = True, ** kwargs )  ParametersĪuto_start ( bool) – Will automatically start the exiftool process on first command run, defaults to TrueĬheck_execute ( bool) – Will check the exit status (return code) of all commands.

param kwargsĪll other parameters are passed directly to the super-class constructor: exiftool.ExifTool._init_() exiftool.ExifToolHelper.

Will check the tag names provided to methods which work directly with tag names.

Will check the exit status (return code) of all commands. Will automatically start the exiftool process on first command run, defaults to True param bool check_execute It keeps low-level core functionality with the base class but extends helper functions in a separate class param bool auto_start This class extends the low-level exiftool.ExifTool class with ‘wrapper’/’helper’ functionality

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