Accessing JPEG EXIF rotation data in JavaScript on the client side

Question

I\'d like to rotate photos based on their original rotation, as set by the camera in JPEG EXIF image data. The trick is that all this should happen in the browser, using Jav

Answer 1

You can use the exif-js library in combination with the HTML5 File API: http://jsfiddle.net/xQnMd/1/.

$("input").change(function() {
    var file = this.files[0];  // file
        fr   = new FileReader; // to read file contents

    fr.onloadend = function() {
        // get EXIF data
        var exif = EXIF.readFromBinaryFile(new BinaryFile(this.result));

        // alert a value
        alert(exif.Make);
    };

    fr.readAsBinaryString(file); // read the file
});