{ "openapi": "3.1.1", "info": { "title": "EXIF Inspector & Cleaner API", "version": "1.0.0", "summary": "See all photo metadata (EXIF, GPS, XMP, IPTC, MakerNotes) and download a cleaned copy.", "description": "Every endpoint performs the same calculation as the human page and returns inputs, result, units, assumptions, sources, warnings and computedAt. MCP endpoint: /mcp." }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://exifinspectorcleaner.usefulweb.site" } ], "paths": { "/api/v1/calculate": { "post": { "operationId": "calculate", "summary": "See all photo metadata (EXIF, GPS, XMP, IPTC, MakerNotes) and download a cleaned copy.", "description": "Lists every metadata tag in a photo, grouped into EXIF, GPS, XMP, IPTC, MakerNotes and colour profile, and warns when the picture reveals where it was taken. Creates a cleaned copy without re-compressing the image: remove everything, only the GPS location, or everything except orientation and colour profile, then checks the cleaned file to prove it.\n\nMethodology:\n- exiftool reads every metadata block (-a -G0:1). Tags are grouped by where they live: EXIF (IFD0/ExifIFD), GPS (the GPS IFD plus XMP GPS tags), XMP, IPTC, MakerNotes (manufacturer data such as serial numbers), the ICC colour profile and file structure. Server-side file system entries (temporary names, dates) are not shown.\n- GPS coordinates are shown as decimal degrees so you can see what others could see. No map service is contacted.\n- Cleaning edits the metadata only; the compressed image data is copied unchanged (no re-encoding, no quality loss). \"Remove all\" deletes every writable tag (including the colour profile); \"Only GPS\" deletes the GPS IFD and all GPS* tags; \"Keep orientation and colour profile\" deletes everything, then copies back Orientation and the colour-space tags (ICC profile, ColorSpace).\n- Verification re-reads the cleaned file with exiftool and counts remaining tags per group; for JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF and TIFF ImageMagick also compares a hash of the decoded pixels before and after.\n- RAW files are inspect-only: deleting their metadata can make them undecodable.\n\nMetadata is only one way photos leak information: faces, street signs and reflections in the picture itself are not removed.", "tags": [ "media" ], "x-mcp-tool": "exif_inspector_cleaner", "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ExifInspectorCleanerInput" }, "examples": { "example1": { "summary": "JPEG with camera and GPS tags → remove all", "value": { "file": { "filename": "holiday.jpg", "contentType": "image/jpeg", "contentBase64": "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" }, "action": "all" } }, "example2": { "summary": "Remove only the GPS location", "value": { "file": { "filename": "holiday.jpg", "contentType": "image/jpeg", "contentBase64": "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" }, "action": "gps" } } } } } }, "responses": { "200": { "description": "Calculation result envelope.", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ExifInspectorCleanerResult" } } } }, "400": { "description": "Malformed JSON body.", "content": { "application/problem+json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Problem" } } } }, "422": { "description": "Invalid input (see errors[]).", "content": { "application/problem+json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Problem" } } } }, "429": { "description": "Rate limit exceeded (see Retry-After).", "content": { "application/problem+json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Problem" } } } } } } }, "/api/v1/tool": { "get": { "operationId": "getToolDefinition", "summary": "Inputs, output schema and examples for this tool", "responses": { "200": { "description": "Tool definition.", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "type": "object" } } } } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "Problem": { "type": "object", "description": "RFC 9457 problem details. 422 responses include per-field `errors`.", "required": [ "type", "title", "status", "detail" ], "properties": { "type": { "type": "string" }, "title": { "type": "string" }, "status": { "type": "integer" }, "detail": { "type": "string" }, "code": { "type": "string" }, "errors": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "required": [ "field", "message" ], "properties": { "field": { "type": "string" }, "message": { "type": "string" } } } } } }, "ExifInspectorCleanerInput": { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": false, "properties": { "file": { "title": "Photo", "description": "JPG, PNG, WebP, TIFF, HEIC, AVIF or GIF (RAW files can be inspected but not cleaned), max 50 MB. Upload as {filename, contentType?, contentBase64}. Max 51200 KiB. Accepts .jpg,.jpeg,.png,.webp,.tif,.tiff,.heic,.heif,.avif,.gif,.dng,.cr2,.cr3,.nef,.arw,.orf,.rw2,.raf,image/*.", "type": "object", "additionalProperties": false, "required": [ "filename", "contentBase64" ], "properties": { "filename": { "type": "string" }, "contentType": { "type": "string" }, "contentBase64": { "type": "string" } } }, "action": { "title": "What to do", "type": "string", "enum": [ "all", "gps", "keep-essential", "inspect" ], "default": "all" } }, "required": [ "file" ] }, "ExifInspectorCleanerResult": { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": false, "required": [ "schemaVersion", "tool", "computedAt", "inputs", "summary", "result", "units", "assumptions", "sources", "warnings", "presentation", "links" ], "properties": { "schemaVersion": { "type": "string", "const": "1.0" }, "tool": { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": false, "required": [ "id", "name", "version" ], "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "name": { "type": "string" }, "version": { "type": "string" } } }, "computedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time" }, "inputs": { "type": "object", "description": "Normalised inputs actually used, including applied defaults." }, "summary": { "type": "string" }, "result": { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": false, "required": [ "fileType", "tagCount", "groups", "tags", "tagsTruncated", "gps", "privacyTags", "action", "cleaned" ], "properties": { "fileType": { "type": "string" }, "tagCount": { "type": "integer", "description": "Metadata tags in EXIF, GPS, XMP, IPTC and MakerNotes." }, "groups": { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": { "type": "integer" } }, "tags": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": false, "required": [ "group", "source", "tag", "value" ], "properties": { "group": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "GPS", "EXIF", "XMP", "IPTC", "MakerNotes", "ICC_Profile", "File", "Other" ] }, "source": { "type": "string" }, "tag": { "type": "string" }, "value": { "type": "string" } } } }, "tagsTruncated": { "type": "boolean" }, "gps": { "type": [ "object", "null" ], "additionalProperties": false, "required": [ "latitude", "longitude", "altitude" ], "properties": { "latitude": { "type": "number" }, "longitude": { "type": "number" }, "altitude": { "type": [ "number", "null" ] } } }, "privacyTags": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "action": { "type": "string", "enum": [ "inspect", "all", "gps", "keep-essential" ] }, "cleaned": { "type": [ "object", "null" ], "additionalProperties": false, "required": [ "artifact", "remainingTags", "remainingGroups", "gpsRemaining", "pixelsUnchanged", "verified" ], "properties": { "artifact": { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": false, "required": [ "artifactId", "filename", "mime", "bytes", "sha256", "path" ], "properties": { "artifactId": { "type": "string" }, "filename": { "type": "string" }, "mime": { "type": "string" }, "bytes": { "type": "integer" }, "sha256": { "type": "string" }, "path": { "type": "string", "description": "Download path on the same site (valid for about 2 hours)." } } }, "remainingTags": { "type": "integer" }, "remainingGroups": { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": { "type": "integer" } }, "gpsRemaining": { "type": "integer" }, "pixelsUnchanged": { "type": [ "boolean", "null" ], "description": "Decoded pixel hash equal before/after (null when not checked)." }, "verified": { "type": "boolean" } } } } }, "units": { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": { "type": "string" } }, "assumptions": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "sources": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": false, "required": [ "title" ], "properties": { "title": { "type": "string" }, "url": { "type": "string" }, "publisher": { "type": "string" }, "retrievedAt": { "type": "string" }, "note": { "type": "string" } } } }, "warnings": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "presentation": { "type": "array", "items": { "type": "object" }, "description": "Display blocks used by the human page (same data)." }, "links": { "type": "object", "additionalProperties": false, "required": [ "human", "api", "openapi", "methodology" ], "properties": { "human": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" }, "api": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" }, "openapi": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" }, "methodology": { "type": "string", "format": "uri" } } } } } } } }