Image IPTC Metadata Management

Media Pocket automatically reads existing IPTC metadata from the image asset into the default IPTC custom field group. This enables easier metadata management and gives a possibility to update IPTC metadata in Media Pocket. Metadata fetching and updating is also possible via API (more info at the bottom).

Uploading:

The IPTC fields that are automatically read during upload:

• Creator
• DateTimeOriginal
• Description
• Instructions
• Copyright
• Keywords
• LocalCaption
• Credit
• Source

If the uploaded image doesn't have any IPTC metadata, the field group will still be added, as it is a system default.

Editing IPTC Metadata:

The 'IPTC' custom field group can be edited like any other custom field group, with the exception that it cannot be deleted. 

Please note, that changing the IPTC data in the IPTC field group does not change the original files that exists in Media Pocket cloud. The original IPTC data can be viewed from the EXIF/IPTC metadata group (non-editable).

Downloading Updated IPTC Metadata:

If a user wants to download an image version with updated metadata, they need to choose 'Edited Metadata.' This option writes the metadata from Media Pocket to the downloaded file(s) and is also available for bulk downloads.

 

API:

Via API, you can get the field id's for your environment by using GET /api/v2/field_groups and fetch/update asset IPTC data by using Api::V2::Custom_fields endpoints.