Organizing your photos automatically

Now that we have a class that allows us to gather information about photos, we can apply this information to perform useful tasks. In this case, we will use the file information to automatically organize a folder full of photos into a subset of folders based on the dates the photos were taken on. The following screenshot shows the output of the script:

The application will use the photo's information to sort pictures into folders by the date on which they were taken

Getting ready

You will need a selection of photos placed in a folder on the Raspberry Pi. Alternatively, you can insert a USB memory stick or card reader with photos on it—they will be located under /mnt/. However, please make sure you test the scripts with a copy of your photos first, just in case there are any problems.

How to do it…

Create the following script in filehandler.py to automatically organize your photos:

#!/usr/bin/python3
#filehandler.py
import os
import shutil
import photohandler...