For the past two days I have been scanning the Internet to try to find the solution to my problem. I have a folder of different files. They run the gambit of file types. I am trying to write a python script that will read the metadata from each file, if it exists. The intent is to eventually output the data to a file to compare with another program's metadata extraction.
I have found some examples where it worked for a very few number of the files in the directory. All the ways I have found have dealt with opening a Storage Container object. I am new to Python and am not sure what a Storage Container object is. I just know that most of my files error out when trying to use
pythoncom.StgOpenStorage(, None, flags)
With the few that actually work, I am able to get the main metadata tags, like Title, Subject, Author, Created, etc.
Does anyone know a way other than Storage Containers to get to the metadata? Also, if there is an easier way to do this with another language, by all means, suggest it.
Thanks
解决方案
You can use the Shell com objects to retrieve any metadata
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import win32com.client
sh=win32com.client.gencache.EnsureDispatch('Shell.Application',0)
ns = sh.NameSpace(r'm:\music\Aerosmith\Classics Live!')
colnum = 0
columns = []
while True:
colname=ns.GetDetailsOf(None, colnum)
if not colname:
break
columns.append(colname)
colnum += 1
for item in ns.Items():
print (item.Path)
for colnum in range(len(columns)):
colval=ns.GetDetailsOf(item, colnum)
if colval:
print('\t', columns[colnum], colval)