Added ability to pull date and location from EXIF on images.

[gonzonia]

I've added ability to pull date and location from EXIF on images. I just realized there are a couple of more edits to make to the Readme, but all the config info is there. I'm submitting this as a pull request because your repository is more likely to be found and used.

[sdetweil]

two things

1. the exifr lib is not listed in package.json , need npm install exifr, which updates package.json
2. in MMM-ImagePhotos.js there are two lines with L.log should be Log.log

the data returned from node helper doesn't contain the date of the image (copied .png from downloads folder)
I don't know if there IS some exif data..

[gonzonia]

Good catch. I adjusted accordingly. I've added some additional checks in case it doesn't find an exif date.

[sdetweil]

there are version conflicts, can you fix those.

[gonzonia]

I think that did it. I was just adding the last few commits you made into my code.

[sdetweil]

readme url

is there any readme update about the exif info?

[gonzonia]

Yes, in my repository I've updated the readme (it is also updated to reference installing from my repository since it was unique to my changes).

[sdetweil]

urs, but we would be merging into my repo

[gonzonia]

I've just updated the readme to reflect your repo info again.
For some reason I'm getting an error on load though after the latest MM update -Error when loading MMM-ImagesPhotos: Unexpected identifier 'config'

[sdetweil]

can you show the module config?

[gonzonia]

Sure. Thanks for taking a look. I figured that's where it was too, but when I switch to your fork it doesn't kick up an error with the same config.

`{
		module: "MMM-ImagesPhotos",
		position: "fullscreen_below",
		classes: 'SceneFamily SceneSam',
		config: {
			opacity: 0.9,
			animationSpeed: 0,
			updateInterval: 120000, //How often to 
			getInterval: 6000000, //How often to check directory?
			maxWidth: "100%",
			maxHeight: "100%",
			retryDelay: 2500,
			fill: true,   // fill around image with blurred copy of image
			blur: 10,   // only used if fill is true
			sequential: false,   // process the image list randomly
			sleepList: "SCREENSAVE_ENABLED", //Suspend when these notifications are recieved
			wakeList: "SCREENSAVE_DISABLED", //Resume when these notifications are recieved
			showExifDate: true,
			showDateLabel: false,
			BigDataGeoAPI:"XXXXXXXXXXXXX",
			showCity: true,
		}
	},`

[sdetweil]

npm run config:check

reports it too?

we updated the syntax checker to catch literals in the wrong place, but i havent seen this on my system

[gonzonia]

No.
pi@MagicMirror:~/MagicMirror $ npm run config:check

[email protected] config:check
node js/check_config.js

[2025-07-01 17:56:29.538] [INFO] Checking config file /home/pi/MagicMirror/config/config.js ...
[2025-07-01 17:56:29.791] [INFO] Your configuration file doesn't contain syntax errors :)
[2025-07-01 17:56:29.793] [INFO] Checking modules structure configuration ...
[2025-07-01 17:56:30.034] [INFO] Your modules structure configuration doesn't contain errors :)

[gonzonia]

I found the problem. At some point I messed up something in node_helper with a bad cut and paste. Working on fixing it now.