Preserve exif data of image with PIL when resize(create thumbnail)

Question

When I try to resize (thumbnail) an image using PIL, the exif data is lost.

What do I have to do preserve exif data in the thumbnail image? When I searched for the s

Answer 1

import pyexiv2
from PIL import  Image

file_path = '/home/../img/a.JPG'
metadata = pyexiv2.ImageMetadata(file_path)
metadata.read()
thumb = metadata.exif_thumbnail
thumb.set_from_file(file_path)
thumb.write_to_file('512_' + "a")
thumb.erase()
metadata.write()

Now I open the image using (Patch Image Inspector) , I can see the exif data