How to access metadata of a file in Python using tinytag

Hello friends, in this tutorial, I will tell you how to access the metadata of a file in Python.

Access the metadata of a file in Python using tinytag

I have used the tinytag package, which is used for reading music metadata of most common audio files. The supported formats are :

• MP3/MP2/MP1 (ID3 v1, v1.1, v2.2, v2.3+)
• Wave/RIFF
• OGG
• OPUS
• FLAC
• WMA
• MP4/M4A/M4B/M4R/M4V/ALAC/AAX/AAXC
• AIFF/AIFF-C

For mp3 file you can also use: How to access MP3 metadata in Python

To install the package, open the command prompt in Windows or Terminal in macOS/ Linux and execute the command.

pip install tinytag

Once installed, import the TinyTag module from the tinytag package.

from tinytag import TinyTag

I have used the get() function. This function takes the file’s name as an argument. I have then stored the result in a temporary variable, audio. If I print the variable, I will get the metadata for the audio file.

Code :

audio = TinyTag.get("C:\Perfect(Mr-Jatt1.com).mp3")
print(audio)

Output :

{"album": "Perfect - Ed Sheeran - Mr-Jatt1.com", "albumartist": null, "artist": "Mr-Jatt1.com", "audio_offset": 72704, "bitdepth": null, "bitrate": 160.0, "channels": 2, "comment": "Downloaded from http://mr-jatt1.com", "composer": "www.mr-jatt1.com", "disc": null, "disc_total": null, "duration": 261.2082, "extra": {}, "filesize": 5296996, "genre": "Club", "samplerate": 48000, "title": "Perfect(Mr-Jatt1.com)", "track": null, "track_total": null, "year": "2022"}

You can also retrieve specific values, by calling the attributes.

Code :

print(audio.album)
print(audio.genre)
print(audio.artist)
print(audio.duration)

Output : 

Perfect - Ed Sheeran - Mr-Jatt1.com
Club
Mr-Jatt1.com
261.2082

Thus you now know how to access metadata of a file in Python.