Preserve metadata

The Image Editing API allows you to choose whether metadata embedded in the original image should be preserved in the output.

For this, set the parameter preserveMetadata to:

• never (default): all metadata will be stripped from the output image

• xmp: XMP metadata will be preserved, including camera settings, copyright information, and other embedded metadata fields

Only XMP metadata is supported for preservation. Other types such as EXIF or IPTC will be removed regardless of the setting.

Use this setting if you want to retain descriptive or copyright metadata across processing workflows.