Issue: When downloading files from Whatsapp application and saving them to a local storage,
there are no exif data saved within the file.
Solution: Whatsapp photos are stored with sent date names.
This data can be parsed and saved in a new exif data.\
This is a simple script to get Whatsapp name,
parse and save to new file with the new exif data.
- Make sure Python install in your system with app dependencies installed.
- Run command prompt and use CLI command.
| Argument | Description |
|---|---|
--input_path |
Whatsapp images or videos folder to scanned |
--ouput_path |
The output path to save the resulted media |
--overwrite |
Of overwrite the existing images in the output path |
Example:\
python.exe main.py --input_path C:\whatsapp_images_path -ouput_path C:\output_path