Initial commit. I suck at this. So this is like all of it.

.gitignore

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+node_modules

README.md

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+Exift
+-----
+
+Reads EXIF-data from images and outputs it as JSON. Uses `exiftool`.
+
+

exift.js

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+//
+// # Exift
+//
+// Read EXIF data.
+//
+
+//
+// ## Constructor
+//
+// Creates a new Exift object.
+//
+// If `exiftool` is not in your path do:
+//
+//     var exif = new Exift();
+//     exif.exiftool = '/path/to/exiftool';
+//
+var Exift = module.exports = function () {
+  /* Get dependencies */
+  this.lib        = {};
+  this.lib.stat   = require('fs').stat;
+  this.lib.watch  = require('fs').watchFile;
+  this.lib.spawn  = require('child_process').spawn;
+
+  /* Change this if exiftool is not in your path. */
+  this.exiftool = 'exiftool';
+};
+
+//
+// ### Extends EventEmitter
+//
+require('util').inherits(Exift, require('events').EventEmitter);
+
+
+//
+// ## Read EXIF
+//
+// Tries to read data from the given path. If successfull the callback
+// will recieve the read data.
+//
+// **parameters**
+//
+// * path
+//
+//   Path to the file/directory to read.
+//
+// * callback
+//
+//   A function that will be called when data is read. Follows the Node.js
+//   standard with an error argument first and result second.
+//
+Exift.prototype.readData = function (path, fn) {
+  var self = this;
+  self.lib.stat(path, function (err, stat) {
+    if (err) {
+      fn(err);
+    }
+    else {
+      var et = self.lib.spawn(self.exiftool, ['-j', '-sort', path]);
+      var exif = '';
+      var err = '';
+      var hasErr = false;
+
+      et.stdout.on('data', function (data) {
+        exif += data;
+      });
+
+      et.stderr.on('data', function (data) {
+        err += data;
+        hasErr = true;
+      });
+
+      et.on('exit', function (code) {
+        if (hasErr && code !== 0) {
+          if (err.length === 0) {
+            err = 'Exiftool exited with code: ' + code;
+          }
+          fn(new Error(err));
+        }
+        else {
+          var json = exif.toString();
+          fn(null, JSON.parse(json));
+        }
+      });
+    }
+  });
+};
+
+//
+// ## Watch a path
+//
+// Watches the given path for changes and re-reads exif data.
+//
+// **parameters** 
+//
+// * path
+//
+//   The path to watch.
+//
+// **events**
+//
+// * data
+//
+//   Emitted every time new data is parsed.
+//
+// * error
+//
+//   Emitted when readData returns an error.
+//
+Exift.prototype.watch = function (path) {
+  var self = this;
+  this.lib.watch(path, function (e, filename) {
+    self.readData(path, function (err, data) {
+      if (err) {
+        self.emit('error', err);
+      }
+      else {
+        self.emit('data', data);
+      }
+    });
+  });
+}
+

package.json

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+{ "name": "exift"
+, "version": "0.0.1"
+, "author": "Simon Ljungberg <hi@iamsim.me>"
+, "devDependencies":
+  { "docco": ""
+  , "mocha": ""
+} }