Script to Export and Import Keywords and Metadata

Question

I have a requirement to mass upload and download keywords and various metadata fields (i.e. File Name, Date Created, City, Country, Document, Title, etc.) into an external database from the Adobe Bridge. Ideally it would be compatible to .txt, .csv, etc type of database format. Currently I have to accomplish this task one at a time. I have an immediate need to upload 1000 plus pictures and various text fields into my website to share with others and be able to sell my pictures online.
My immediate is for exporting the metadata and keywords.
Does anyone know of a script that is aavailable?
Arnold

Answer 1

John,
Thanks for your quick response. Below is the script I just modified this morning. When looking in the keyword field, it returns the word "undefined" for all records.
I tried that yesterday and it didn't work. When looking at the Advance file info on Adobe Bridge I see the below format which had 2 levels. All the others I used only had one. Since I am not a programmer, I need help on that part of the script.
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EXIF Properties (exif,http://ns.adobe.com/exif/1.0/)
- exif:Flash
- exif:Fired: True
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Any luck on determining how to obtain file size.
Again thank you so much for supporting me on my project,
Arnold
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#target bridge
if (BridgeTalk.appName == "bridge")
// Let's create our menu
var menu = MenuElement.create( "command", "Export CSV File", "at the end of Tools");
menu.onSelect = function(m) {
try
// Let's ask what the name of the output file
var f = File.saveDialog("Export file list to:", "Comma delimited file:*.CSV");
// Write the column headings
f.open("w");
f.writeln("Seq Number,New File Name,New File Name Path,Original File Name,Org Dt & Tm,ISO,Exposure Time,F Stop,EV,Exposure Program,Meter Mode,Focal Length,Flash,Lens,Author, Author's Position,City,Country,Description,Title,Orientation,Width,Height,Rating,Label");
// Let's get a list of all the visible thumbnails
var items = app.document.visibleThumbnails;
for (var i = 0; i < items.length; ++i) { var item = items[i]; f.writeln(i + 1, ",\"", item.name, "\",\"", item.path.replace(/\"/g, "\"\""), "\",\"", ListMetadata(item), "\",\"", "\"" ); } f.close(); } catch(e) { } } menu.onDisplay = function(m) { m.enabled = app.document.contentPaneMode == "filesystem" && app.document.visibleThumbnails.length > 0;
function ListMetadata(tn)
md = tn.metadata;
md.namespace = "http://ns.adobe.com/photoshop/1.0/";
varAuthor = md.Author + "\",\"" + md.AuthorsPosition + "\",\"" + md.City + "\",\"" + md.Country + "\",\"";
md.namespace = "http://ns.adobe.com/exif/1.0/aux/";
varLens = md.Lens + "\",\"" ;
md.namespace = "http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/";
vartitle = md.title + "\",\"" + md.description + "\",\"" ;
md.namespace = "http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/"
VarPreservedFileName = md.PreservedFileName + "\",\"" ;
md.namespace = "http://ns.adobe.com/exif/1.0/"
VarDateTimeOriginal = md.DateTimeOriginal + "\",\"" + md.ISOSpeedRatings + "\",\"" + md.ExposureTime + "\",\"" + md.FNumber + "\",\"" + md.ExposureBiasValue + "\",\"" + md.ExposureProgram + "\",\"" + md.MeteringMode + "\",\"" + md.FocalLengthIn35mmFilm + "\",\"" + md.Flash + "\",\"" ;
md.namespace = "http://ns.adobe.com/tiff/1.0/"
varOrientation = md.Orientation + "\",\"" + md.ImageWidth + "\",\"" + md.ImageLength + "\",\"" ;
md.namespace = "http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/"
varRating = md.Rating + "\",\"" + md.Label ;
md.namespace = "http://ns.adobe.com/photoshop/1.0/";
varKeywords = ListKeywords(md) + "\",\"" ;
function ListKeywords(md)
var varKeywords = "" ;
for (var i = 0; i < md.Keywords.length; ++i) { varKeywords = varKeywords + md.Keywords[i] + ", "; } //strip off final comma and space varKeywords = varKeywords.substring( 0, varKeywords.length-2);
return VarPreservedFileName + VarDateTimeOriginal + varLens + varAuthor + vartitle + varOrientation + varRating + varKeywords;
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