Automatic Node title from EXIF: generated title does not appear until drush exif-update & then deleted on subsequent node save [#1606294]

I am not sure if I should open this issue here or in Automatic Nodetitles module. I am using an Exif Token for the automatic title of my node, in my case the Token is:

[node:field_image_caption]

... which picks up the iptc_caption data from my image.

On saving a node for the first time, the automtically generated title does not appear but if I run: drush exif-update, then the generated title does appear. However on subsequent node saves, the title then goes away again.

I tried the very same thing but using a built in Drupal token such as: [node:author] and it works as expected, I can do subsequent node saves and the title does not get deleted. I know this is probably an edge case so I am not sure how complicated this would be to find the cause and fix. Thanks.

Comments

Comment #1

Danny Englander

(he/him)

CreditAttribution: Danny Englander commented 11 July 2012 at 17:49

Just following up on this issue, thanks.

Comment #2

griz CreditAttribution: griz commented 16 August 2012 at 15:00

If anyone else is struggling with this you can use Rules.
Import this rule, changing "photograph" for your node type. I have it set to use the file name but you could also change that.

{ "rules_update_title_from_file_name" : {
    "LABEL" : "Update title from file name",
    "PLUGIN" : "reaction rule",
    "TAGS" : [ "exif" ],
    "REQUIRES" : [ "rules" ],
    "ON" : [ "node_insert", "node_update" ],
    "IF" : [
      { "node_is_of_type" : {
          "node" : [ "node" ],
          "type" : { "value" : { "photograph" : "photograph" } }
        }
      },
      { "entity_has_field" : { "entity" : [ "node" ], "field" : "field_computed_filename" } }
    ],
    "DO" : [
      { "data_set" : { "data" : [ "node:title" ], "value" : "[node:field_computed_filename]" } },
      { "entity_save" : { "data" : [ "node" ], "immediate" : 1 } }
    ]
  }
}

Comment #3

Danny Englander

(he/him)

CreditAttribution: Danny Englander commented 16 August 2012 at 21:25

@griz, I am just curious what this rule does, does it run drush exif-update on node save? It sounds like a work around to me and not a fix for the module but might be good in the short term until this gets fixed.

Comment #4

jphautin CreditAttribution: jphautin commented 22 April 2013 at 21:31

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» jphautin

Comment #5

jphautin CreditAttribution: jphautin as a volunteer commented 17 November 2016 at 17:19

Category:	Support request	» Feature request
Issue summary:	View changes
Status:	Active	» Fixed

Hello,

For Drupal 7.x :

create a field with a exif widget to extract the data (by example : exif_filename to be sure to have a value)
install *Automatic Entity Labels* module
enable Automatic Entity Title in your entity and use the pattern "[node:field_exif_filename]"
hide the field_exif_filename from the default display

For Drupal 8.x:
For now, (2016/11), there is no *Automatic Entity Labels* module available. So the last development version of exif is doing the work alone. Just use a exif widget on the title and it will work. I could eventually backport on 7.x branch but I think this is not necessary as Automatic Entity Labels Module is doing the job.

regards,