Rename and move Plone/Zope objects without triggering events

rename.py

portal = app['Plone']

catalog = portal['portal_catalog']

src = portal['src_folder']
dst = portal['dst_folder']


orig = [
	'name1',
	'name2',
]

final = [
	'renamed_name_1',
	'renamed_name_2',
]


for orig_name, final_name in zip(orig, final):
  # extract object and path
  ob = src._getOb(orig_name)
  uid = '/'.join(ob.getPhysicalPath())
  ob = ob.aq_base
  
  # delete and uncatalog
  src._delObject(orig_name, suppress_events=True)
  catalog.uncatalog_object(uid)
  
  # rename
  ob._setId(final_name)
  
  # assign to new container and catalog
  dst._setObject(final_name, ob, set_owner=0, suppress_events=True)
  ob = dst._getOb(final_name)
  # catalog.catalog_object(ob) can't catalog due to indexers, need to do that in the website