Rotating an image based on exif orientation in javascript

Question

I need to rotate an image based on the exif data on the client/browser side. I found this link but when I try to implement it in my web app, the image does not show up on the canvas.

This is my code:

<template>
  <div :class="$style.form247">
    <Canvas :url="image" :value="value" @input="$emit('input', $event)" />
      <div :class="$style.file">
      Choose file
      <input id='input123' :class="$style.input" type="file" @change="onFileUpload">
    </div>
  </div>
</template>


<script>

import Canvas from './Canvas'


function getOrientation(file, callback) {
    var reader = new FileReader();
    reader.onload = function(e) {

        var view = new DataView(e.target.result);
        if (view.getUint16(0, false) != 0xFFD8)
        {
            return callback(-2);
        }
        var length = view.byteLength, offset = 2;
        while (offset < length) 
        {
            if (view.getUint16(offset+2, false) <= 8) return callback(-1);
            var marker = view.getUint16(offset, false);
            offset += 2;
            if (marker == 0xFFE1) 
            {
                if (view.getUint32(offset += 2, false) != 0x45786966) 
                {
                    return callback(-1);
                }

                var little = view.getUint16(offset += 6, false) == 0x4949;
                offset += view.getUint32(offset + 4, little);
                var tags = view.getUint16(offset, little);
                offset += 2;
                for (var i = 0; i < tags; i++)
                {
                    if (view.getUint16(offset + (i * 12), little) == 0x0112)
                    {
                        return callback(view.getUint16(offset + (i * 12) + 8, little));
                    }
                }
            }
            else if ((marker & 0xFF00) != 0xFF00)
            {
                break;
            }
            else
            { 
                offset += view.getUint16(offset, false);
            }
        }
        return callback(-1);
    };
    reader.readAsArrayBuffer(file);

}

export default {
  props: ['value'],
  components: {
    Canvas
  },
  data() {
    return {
      image: null
    }
  },
  methods: {
    onFileUpload(event) {
      const selectedFile = event.target.files[0];
      getOrientation(selectedFile, function(orientation) {  
      //alert('orientation: ' + orientation);
    });


    }
  }
}
</script>

However I do see that the orientation is being returned when I look on the console, but for some reason the image is no longer being shown in canvas.

I am new to javascript so maybe I'm missing something here.

Answer 1

Nice trying out extracting the orientation yourself. But I would suggest using a library to do that. I know myself since I've spent the last two year writing exifr and fixing all the bugs, edge cases, weirdly formatted metadata, etc...

There's a simple API for the orientation:

exifr.orientation(file).then(val => {
  console.log('orientation:', val)
})