exiftool 0.3.1

A Rust wrapper for ExifTool.
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use exiftool::{ExifTool, ExifToolError};
use std::path::Path;

const IMAGE_PATH: &str = "data/image.jpg";

fn main() -> Result<(), ExifToolError> {
    let et = ExifTool::new()?;
    let path = Path::new(IMAGE_PATH);

    // 1. Read as raw JSON Value
    let make_json = et.json_tag(path, "Make", &[])?;
    println!("Make (JSON): {make_json}"); // Output: "LG Electronics"

    // 2. Read and deserialize into String
    let model: String = et.read_tag(path, "Model", &[])?;
    println!("Model (String): {model}"); // Output: LG-H815

    // 3. Read existing tag into Option<T>
    let width_opt: Option<u32> = et.read_tag(path, "ImageWidth", &[])?;
    println!("Width (Option<u32>): {width_opt:?}"); // Output: Some(5312)

    // 4. Read non-existent tag into Option<T> -> Ok(None)
    let comment_opt: Option<String> = et.read_tag(path, "NonExistentTag", &[])?;
    println!("NonExistentTag (Option<String>): {comment_opt:?}"); // Output: None

    // 5. Attempting to read non-existent tag into String -> Err(TagNotFound)
    match et.read_tag::<String>(path, "NonExistentTag", &[]) {
        Err(ExifToolError::TagNotFound { tag, .. }) => {
            println!("Correctly failed to read required tag '{tag}': TagNotFound");
        }
        _ => panic!("Expected TagNotFound!"),
    }

    Ok(())
}