# Gimp.Image.metadata_load_prepare

    @accepts(Gimp.Image, unicode, Gio.File)
    @returns(Gimp.Metadata)
    def metadata_load_prepare(self, mime_type, file):
        # Python wrapper for gimp_image_metadata_load_prepare()

Loads and returns metadata from file to be passed into Gimp.Image.metadata_load_finish.

Since 2.10

self

  The image

mime_type

  The loaded file's mime-type

file

  The file to load the metadata from

Returns