The script below will read keywords from files and write them to a text file that can be directly imported into Bridge. Duplicate keyword entries are ignored on import.
Three caveats:
1. If you have nested hierarchical keywords, you will need to edit the generated text file and add an extra tab in front of those keywords.
Example:
Bird | Raptor | Hawk
Exported keyword file would be
Bird
<tab>Raptor
<tab><tab>Hawk
My generated file would be
Bird
<tab>Raptor
<tab>Hawk
Which would result in
Bird | Raptor
Bird | Hawk
2. I have the hierarchical delimiter hardcoded as "|" so if your files use a different delimiter, edit Line 60.
3. The generated filename is hardcoded to ~/Desktop/kw.txt
Anyone is welcome to further develop this script per the license to fix those issues.
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/*
Utility Pack Scripts created by David M. Converse ©2018-19
Read keywords from files and save to file for import into Bridge
Last modified 7/22/2019
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.
*/
#target bridge
if(BridgeTalk.appName == 'bridge'){
try{
var kwCap = MenuElement.create('command', 'Keyword Capture', 'at the end of Tools');
kwCap.onSelect = function(){
var kwList = app.document.selections;
var i = 0;
var j = 1;
var k = 1;
var kw_clean = []; //optimized keywords array
var kw_line = '';
var kwCapLogFile = File('~/Desktop/kw.txt'); //file to write list to
kwCapLogFile.open('w:');
if (ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript == undefined) ExternalObject.AdobeXMPScript = new ExternalObject('lib:AdobeXMPScript');
for(i = 0; i < kwList.length; i++){ //loop through selected files
if(kwList.hasMetadata){ //only process files with metadata
k = 1;
kw_clean = [];
//XMP stores keywords in three namespaces. We don't process the Microsoft keyword namespace.
var kw = kwList.synchronousMetadata.read(XMPConst.NS_DC, 'subject').toString();
var lrkw = kwList.synchronousMetadata.read('http://ns.adobe.com/lightroom/1.0/', 'hierarchicalSubject').toString();
if(kw != '' || lrkw != ''){ //at least one namespace has keywords
kw = kw.split(','); //make arrays out of keyword string
lrkw = lrkw.split(',');
kw = kw.concat(lrkw); //place all keywords in one array and sort
kw.sort();
if(kw[0] != ''){
kw_clean[0] = kw[0];
}
else{ //flag empty keywords
k = 0;
}
for(j = 1; j < kw.length; j++){ //eliminate duplicates and write into new array
if(kw[(j - 1)] != kw && kw != ''){
kw_clean = kw;
k++;
}
}
for(j = 0; j < kw_clean.length; j++){ //write optimized list of keywords to file
kw_clean = kw_clean.replace(/\|/g, '\r\t'); //convert hierarchical keywords - change delimiter as required
if(kw_line != ''){
kw_line = kw_line + '\r' + kw_clean; //write each keyword to a new line
}
else{ //first line for file, don't add extra return
kw_line = kw_clean;
}
}
kwCapLogFile.writeln(kw_line); //write to file
kw_line = ''; //reset for next file
}
}
}
kwCapLogFile.close();
alert('Keyword capture completed');
}
}
catch(e){
alert(e + e.line);
}
}
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