pdfsorter

Sorts PDF files to several directories by searching the text in them for keywords.

Used similar YAML file format to PyPDFOCR, but only doing my own file sorting, since some scanners come with OCR software that is superior to tesseract.

Dependencies

• PyYAML
• pypdf

Usage

usage: pdfsorter.py [-h] [-d] yaml_fn

Sorts PDF files to several directories by searching the text in them for keywords.

positional arguments:
  yaml_fn       YAML file containing configuration.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help    show this help message and exit
  -d, --dryrun  Will not move files if set.

YAML File Format:

watch_folder: "/Users/bubblegum/scaninbox"
target_folder: "/Users/bubblegum/scans"
default_folder: "/Users/bubblegum/scans/unfiled"

folders:
    water:
        - city of gotham water utilities
        - water utilities
    gas:
        - Monthly Energy Usage
        - save energy
        - gas leak
    cable:
        - cable
        - internet