Search folder on NAS starting from a predefined folders list

[franco]

Hi,

 

I need a workflow that searches folders located on NAS starting from a list of predefined folders. I need also to limit searches to 1 folder depth on NAS for speed and accurate search result.

 

Example:

 

I want to tell Alfred to look only inside this set of folders:

 

/volumes/data/folder1

/volumes/data/folder2

/volumes/data/folder3

 

and limit the folder depth to 1 so only folders inside the folder list are searched.

 

Using the 'find' command it would be:

 

find /volumes/data/folder1 -maxdepth 1

find /volumes/data/folder2 -maxdepth 1

find /volumes/data/folder3 -maxdepth 1

 

Note:

NAS is not indexed.

 

[deanishe]

If it isn't indexed, you'll have to write your own workflow that displays the results of those find calls.

A very basic example (using my Alfred-Workflow library) would look like this:
 

from __future__ import print_function, unicode_literals

import sys
import hashlib
import subprocess
import argparse

from workflow import Workflow, ICON_WARNING

CACHE_RESULTS_FOR = 10  # seconds

log = None
decode = None


def find(dirpath, query):
    cmd = ['find', dirpath, '-maxdepth', '1', '-name', '*{}*'.format(query)]
    output = decode(subprocess.check_output(cmd))
    return [l.strip() for l in output.split('\n') if l.strip()]


def main(wf):
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
    parser.add_argument('-f', '--folder',
                        help="Search in this folder")
    parser.add_argument('query', help="Search for files with this name")
    args = parser.parse_args(wf.args)

    dirpath = args.folder
    query = args.query

    def wrapper():
        return find(dirpath, query)

    key = '{}::{}'.format(dirpath, query).encode('utf-8')
    m = hashlib.md5()
    m.update(key)
    key = m.hexdigest()

    results = wf.cached_data(key, wrapper, max_age=CACHE_RESULTS_FOR)

    if not results:
        wf.add_item('No results found', valid=False, icon=ICON_WARNING)

    for path in results:
        wf.add_item(path, valid=True, arg=path, icon=path, icontype='fileicon')

    wf.send_feedback()


if __name__ == '__main__':
    wf = Workflow()
    log = wf.logger
    decode = wf.decode
    sys.exit(wf.run(main))

Here's a full workflow to get you started. I've created one Script Filter that searches ~/Downloads. You can change that path or duplicate the Script Filter to add other directories.

Edited June 5, 2014 by deanishe