Rename & move PDFs based on the content inside. To be more specific, the PDF is searched for given regex to determine how the file should be renamed.
- Python 2.7.13 or greater
- Apache Tika - https://tika.apache.org/
- For converting the PDF to text for searching
- https://tika.apache.org/1.23/gettingstarted.html
brew install tika
python FileMover.py {path/to/config.json} {path/to/pdf}Create a config.json file using the included sample as a starting point. For each type of file you want to process, you'll need to configure the following:
"type"- Name for the fileType"search"- Regex for fileType identification"dateSearch"- Regex for date identification (ex:"Statement Date:.*(\\d+/\\d+/\\d{4})")"fileName"- Destination path and name for the file - (ex:"/Documents/Bills/Company Bill - {DATE}.pdf"){DATE}will be replaced by the date found using by thedateSearchregex
In order to figure out the correct values for the search & dateSearch values required for the config; you may need to test parsing the file to see how the text will be output by Tika. From the terminal, run the following command to start Tika in "GUI" mode:
tika -gFrom here, you can drag the file and see the outputted text. It may help to copy/paste the plain text output into Sublime and test the regex. Some PDFs have weird characters that are hard to find.
To enable drag & drop support, you can turn the script into an application using Script Editor (Mac OS).
- Using the
Recursive File Processing Dropletas a template, save the following script in theprocess_file()sub-routine:
set testVar to do shell script "/fully/qualified/path/to/python /fully/qualified/path/FileMover/FileMover.py " & "/fully/qualified/path/FileMover/config.json '" & POSIX path of this_item & "'"
display dialog testVarBe sure to use fully qualified paths
Mac OS X Hints - Create a drag and drop interface to shell scripts