feat: ADD optional exif data removable in files #18

README.md

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Show cases:
 - HTML anchors for headers
 - list random posts at the bottom
 - optional RSS feeds
+- automatic EXIF/metadata stripping from images (privacy)
 
 **Ideas**:
 - custom error pages (404, etc)
@@ -75,6 +76,25 @@ EXCLUDE_SECTIONS_FROM_MAIN = ['draft', 'private']
 
 This is useful for draft posts or topic-specific content you want separated from the main index.
 
+### Images
+
+Images placed in `images/` are copied to `output/images/`. By default picopaper
+strips metadata (EXIF, GPS location, XMP, PNG text chunks) from them during the
+build so nothing like camera model or GPS coordinates is published. The source
+files in `images/` are never modified — only the copies in `output/`.
+
+JPEGs are re-encoded with their original quantization tables (`quality="keep"`),
+so there is no quality loss. Animated images (GIF/WebP) and unsupported formats
+(e.g. SVG) are copied as-is.
+
+**Configuration in `config.py`:**
+```python
+STRIP_IMAGE_EXIF = True  # set to False to copy images byte-for-byte
+```
+
+Metadata stripping uses [Pillow](https://python-pillow.org/). If Pillow is not
+installed, picopaper prints a warning and copies images unchanged.
+
 ---
 
 ## Installation

config.py

@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ HIDE_LOGO = False
 HIDE_TITLE = True
 LOGO_PATH = "/images/logo.png"
 
+# Image settings
+STRIP_IMAGE_EXIF = True  # Remove EXIF/GPS/XMP/text metadata from images/ when building (requires pillow)
+
 # Feed settings
 ENABLE_RSS_FEED = True
 RSS_FEED_PATH = "rss.xml"    # Path relative to site root (e.g., "rss.xml" or "feed/rss.xml")

picopaper.py

@@ -12,6 +12,16 @@ from config import (BLOG_TITLE, BLOG_DESCRIPTION, THEME, EXCLUDE_SECTIONS_FROM_M
                     BASE_URL, AUTHOR_NAME, AUTHOR_EMAIL, FEED_MAX_ITEMS,
                     BLOGROLL_PATH, ROOT_PAGE)
 
+# STRIP_IMAGE_EXIF is a newer setting; older config.py files may not define it.
+# Default to enabled so the privacy feature works without a config update.
+try:
+    from config import STRIP_IMAGE_EXIF
+except ImportError:
+    STRIP_IMAGE_EXIF = True
+
+# Raster image formats whose metadata (EXIF/GPS/XMP/text chunks) is stripped on copy
+STRIP_IMAGE_EXTENSIONS = {'.jpg', '.jpeg', '.png', '.gif', '.webp', '.tiff', '.tif', '.bmp'}
+
 class SSGGGenerator:
     def __init__(self, items_dir='items', output_dir='output', theme=None, blog_title=None, blog_description=None):
         self.items_dir = Path(items_dir)
@@ -29,6 +39,7 @@ class SSGGGenerator:
         self.hide_logo = HIDE_LOGO
         self.hide_title = HIDE_TITLE
         self.logo_path = LOGO_PATH
+        self.strip_image_exif = STRIP_IMAGE_EXIF
 
         # Setup Jinja2
         self.env = Environment(loader=FileSystemLoader(self.templates_dir))
@@ -383,6 +394,38 @@ class SSGGGenerator:
 
         print(f"✓ Generated {output_path}")
 
+    def strip_image_metadata(self, src_path, dest_path):
+        """Re-encode an image to dest_path without any metadata (EXIF/GPS/XMP/text).
+
+        Pillow does not carry metadata across a save unless it is passed
+        explicitly, so re-saving produces a clean image. Returns True on
+        success, or False if the image should be copied verbatim instead
+        (unsupported/animated) or re-encoding failed.
+        """
+        from PIL import Image
+
+        try:
+            with Image.open(src_path) as img:
+                img.load()
+
+                # Animated images (GIF/WebP/APNG) are copied as-is to avoid
+                # dropping frames; they don't carry camera EXIF/GPS anyway.
+                if getattr(img, 'is_animated', False):
+                    return False
+
+                save_kwargs = {}
+                if img.format == 'JPEG':
+                    # 'keep' reuses the original quantization tables, so there
+                    # is no generational quality loss from re-encoding.
+                    save_kwargs['quality'] = 'keep'
+
+                # Saving without exif=/pnginfo= drops all metadata.
+                img.save(dest_path, format=img.format, **save_kwargs)
+            return True
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"  ⚠ Could not strip metadata from {src_path.name} ({e}); copying as-is")
+            return False
+
     def copy_assets(self):
         """Copy theme assets and images to output directory"""
         import shutil
@@ -395,13 +438,42 @@ class SSGGGenerator:
             shutil.copytree(self.assets_dir, dest_dir)
             print(f"✓ Copied theme assets to output")
 
-        # Copy images
+        # Copy images (stripping EXIF/metadata when enabled)
         images_dir = Path('images')
         if images_dir.exists():
             dest_dir = self.output_dir / 'images'
             if dest_dir.exists():
                 shutil.rmtree(dest_dir)
-            shutil.copytree(images_dir, dest_dir)
+            dest_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+            # Only strip if enabled and Pillow is importable; otherwise copy as-is.
+            pillow_available = self.strip_image_exif
+            if self.strip_image_exif:
+                try:
+                    import PIL  # noqa: F401
+                except ImportError:
+                    pillow_available = False
+                    print("  ⚠ STRIP_IMAGE_EXIF is enabled but Pillow is not installed; "
+                          "copying images without stripping (pip install pillow)")
+
+            stripped = 0
+            for item in images_dir.rglob('*'):
+                if not item.is_file():
+                    continue
+                rel_path = item.relative_to(images_dir)
+                dest_path = dest_dir / rel_path
+                dest_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+                if (pillow_available
+                        and item.suffix.lower() in STRIP_IMAGE_EXTENSIONS
+                        and self.strip_image_metadata(item, dest_path)):
+                    stripped += 1
+                else:
+                    shutil.copy2(item, dest_path)
+
+            if pillow_available:
+                print(f"✓ Copied images/ to output ({stripped} stripped of EXIF/metadata)")
+            else:
                 print(f"✓ Copied images/ to output")
 
         # Copy static files (GPG keys, .well-known, etc.)

requirements.txt

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 jinja2>=3.0.0
 markdown>=3.4.0
+pillow>=10.0.0