metastrip 0.1.0

# metastrip

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A fast, safe Rust library for extracting and stripping metadata from image files.

## Features

- **Extract metadata** from images (EXIF, IPTC, XMP, ICC profiles)
- **Strip metadata** completely while preserving image quality (lossless)
- **Multiple formats**: JPEG, PNG, TIFF, WebP
- **Zero unsafe code**: Built with safety in mind
- **Fast**: Byte-level manipulation, no image decoding/encoding
- **Memory efficient**: Single-pass streaming approach

## Supported Formats

| Format | Extract | Strip | Endianness |
|--------|---------|-------|------------|
| JPEG   | ✅      | ✅    | -          |
| PNG    | ✅      | ✅    | -          |
| TIFF   | ✅      | ✅    | Both (II/MM) |
| WebP   | ✅      | ✅    | -          |

## Supported Metadata Types

- **EXIF** - Camera settings, timestamps, GPS data
- **IPTC** - Photo journalism metadata (captions, keywords, copyright)
- **XMP** - Adobe extensible metadata (editing history, etc.)
- **ICC Color Profiles** - Color space information

## Installation

Add this to your `Cargo.toml`:

```toml
[dependencies]
metastrip = "0.1.0"
```

## Usage

### Extract Metadata

```rust
use metastrip;

fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    // Read image file
    let image_data = std::fs::read("photo.jpg")?;

    // Extract all metadata
    let metadata = metastrip::extract_metadata(&image_data)?;

    // Access different metadata types
    if let Some(exif) = metadata.exif {
        println!("Found {} EXIF fields", exif.fields.len());
        for (key, value) in exif.fields {
            println!("{}: {:?}", key, value);
        }
    }

    if let Some(xmp) = metadata.xmp {
        println!("XMP data: {}", xmp.raw_xml);
    }

    if let Some(icc) = metadata.icc_profile {
        println!("ICC profile: {} bytes", icc.data.len());
        if let Some(desc) = icc.description {
            println!("Profile: {}", desc);
        }
    }

    Ok(())
}
```

### Strip Metadata

```rust
use metastrip;

fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    // Read image file
    let image_data = std::fs::read("photo.jpg")?;

    // Strip all metadata (lossless operation)
    let clean_image = metastrip::strip_metadata(&image_data)?;

    // Save cleaned image
    std::fs::write("photo_clean.jpg", clean_image)?;

    // Verify metadata is removed
    let metadata = metastrip::extract_metadata(&clean_image)?;
    assert!(metadata.exif.is_none());
    assert!(metadata.xmp.is_none());

    Ok(())
}
```

## How It Works

### Lossless Stripping

Unlike tools that decode and re-encode images, `metastrip` operates at the byte level:

- **JPEG**: Parses segments, removes APP markers containing metadata
- **PNG**: Parses chunks, keeps only critical chunks (IHDR, PLTE, IDAT, IEND, tRNS)
- **TIFF**: Parses IFD structure, rebuilds with only essential tags
- **WebP**: Parses RIFF container, rebuilds without metadata chunks

This approach is:
- ✅ **Fast** - No expensive decode/encode operations
- ✅ **Lossless** - Preserves original image quality
- ✅ **Memory efficient** - Single-pass processing

## Performance

Metadata stripping is designed to be fast:

- Format detection: < 1µs
- JPEG strip (10MB): ~50ms
- PNG strip (10MB): ~100ms
- Zero-copy operations where possible

## API Documentation

### Main Functions

```rust
pub fn extract_metadata(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<Metadata>
pub fn strip_metadata(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<Vec<u8>>
```

### Types

```rust
pub struct Metadata {
    pub format: ImageFormat,
    pub exif: Option<ExifData>,
    pub iptc: Option<IptcData>,
    pub xmp: Option<XmpData>,
    pub icc_profile: Option<IccProfile>,
}

pub enum ImageFormat {
    Jpeg,
    Png,
    Tiff,
    WebP,
}
```

See the [API documentation](https://docs.rs/metastrip) for complete details.

## Security

- ✅ **No unsafe code** - Built entirely with safe Rust
- ✅ **Bounds checking** - All array accesses are validated
- ✅ **Input validation** - File sizes, segment lengths, and offsets are checked
- ✅ **DoS protection** - Reasonable limits on metadata size

## Testing

The library includes comprehensive tests:

```bash
# Run all tests
cargo test

# Run with output
cargo test -- --nocapture

# Run specific test
cargo test test_jpeg_stripping
```

## Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

## License

Licensed under either of:

- Apache License, Version 2.0 ([LICENSE-APACHE](LICENSE-APACHE) or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
- MIT license ([LICENSE-MIT](LICENSE-MIT) or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

at your option.

## Acknowledgments

- [kamadak-exif](https://github.com/kamadak/exif-rs) - EXIF parsing
- [quick-xml](https://github.com/tafia/quick-xml) - XMP (XML) parsing