Exif data is getting lost

[vishal2947]

Hi,

When I am uploading the rotated image from Uppload plugin, I am not able to read the EXIF data of the image at my PHP code. It seems like Uppload is stripping the EXIF data. I am mostly interested in "Orientation" data.

Is there any way to pass the EXIF data with the image so that some manipulation on the image can be performed at the server end?

Thanks.
Vishal K

[AnandChowdhary]

Thanks for opening this issue, @vishal2947! I'm certain that the process of editing an image etc. strips that metadata. This is because we're not uploading the original image, but a modified, new image. If you remove any effects and directly just use the Local plugin, the data should retain.

Perhaps we can optionally use https://github.com/exif-js/exif-js or other solutions to get all EXIF data and put it back in the image we're uploading. I'm open to thoughts from @AlexImb, @victorlap on this because I'm hesitant to add a dependency as large as exif-js, so maybe the native HTML5 File API can help us.

[vishal2947]

Thanks for your response.

I just tested with only Local option, and it still stripped the data.