Fixed exiftool to ignore unsupported file types, #615

utils/exiftool_supported_types.py

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+"""Read the "Supported File Types" table from exiftool.org and build a json file from the table"""
+
+import json
+import sys
+
+import requests
+from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    url = "https://www.exiftool.org/"
+    json_file = "exiftool_filetypes.json"
+
+    html_content = requests.get(url).text
+
+    soup = BeautifulSoup(html_content, "html.parser")
+
+    # uncomment to see all table classes
+    # print("Classes of each table:")
+    # for table in soup.find_all("table"):
+    #     print(table.get("class"))
+
+    # strip footnotes in <span> tags
+    for span_tag in soup.findAll("span"):
+        span_tag.replace_with("")
+
+    # find the table for Supported File Types
+    table = soup.find("table", class_="sticky tight sm bm")
+
+    # get table headers
+    table_headers = [tx.text.lower() for tx in table.find_all("th")]
+
+    # get table data
+    table_data = []
+    for tr in table.find_all("tr"):
+        if row := [td.text for td in tr.find_all("td")]:
+            table_data.append(row)
+
+    # make a dictionary of the table data
+    supported_filetypes = {}
+    for row in table_data:
+        row_dict = dict(zip(table_headers, row))
+        for key, value in row_dict.items():
+            if value == "-":
+                row_dict[key] = None
+        row_dict["file type"] = row_dict["file type"].split(",")
+        row_dict["file type"] = [ft.strip() for ft in row_dict["file type"]]
+        row_dict["read"] = "R" in row_dict["support"]
+        row_dict["write"] = "W" in row_dict["support"]
+        row_dict["create"] = "C" in row_dict["support"]
+        filetypes = [ft.lower() for ft in row_dict["file type"]]
+        for filetype in filetypes:
+            supported_filetypes[filetype] = {"extension": filetype, **row_dict}
+
+    with open(json_file, "w") as jsonfile:
+        print(f"Writing {json_file}...")
+        json.dump(supported_filetypes, jsonfile, indent=4)