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#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

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# File:      pyqt-example.py
# Author(s): Olivier Tilloy <olivier@tilloy.net>
# History:   07-Jan-06, Olivier Tilloy: created
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import sys
import qt
import pyexiv2

if __name__ == '__main__':
	"""
	Example of how to combine pyqt and pyexiv2 to display thumbnail data.

	Minimalistic example of how to load and display with pyqt the thumbnail data
	extracted from an image using the method Image.getThumbnailData().
	The path to the image file from which the thumbnail data should be extracted
	should be passed as the only argument of the script.

	It is of course assumed that you have pyqt installed.
	"""
	if (len(sys.argv) != 2):
		print 'Usage: ' + sys.argv[0] + ' path/to/picture/file/containing/jpeg/thumbnail'
		sys.exit(1)
	else:
		app = qt.QApplication([])

		# Load the image, read the metadata and extract the thumbnail data
		image = pyexiv2.Image(sys.argv[1])
		image.readMetadata()
		ttype, tdata = image.getThumbnailData()

		# Create a QT pixmap from the thumbnail data
		pixmap = qt.QPixmap()
		pixmap.loadFromData(tdata, 'JPEG')

		# Create a QT label to display the pixmap
		label = qt.QLabel(None)
		label.setPixmap(pixmap)

		# Show the application's main window
		app.setMainWidget(label)
		label.show()
		app.exec_loop()