Auto Trash Downloads MacOS Python Script

auto_trash_downloads_macos.py

# Trashing implementation is based on https://github.com/arsenetar/send2trash
# Requries pyobjc-library to be installed ("python3 -m pip install pyobjc")

import os
import time
from pathlib import Path
from subprocess import run
from Foundation import NSFileManager, NSURL

def notify(title, text):
    run(["osascript", "-e", f'display notification "{text}" with title "{title}"'])


MAX_DAYS = 3

current_time = time.time()
dir_path = Path.home() / "Downloads"
for f in os.listdir(dir_path):
    f_full_path = dir_path / f
    creation_time = os.path.getctime(f_full_path)
    if (current_time - creation_time) // (24 * 60 * 60) >= MAX_DAYS:
        file_url = NSURL.fileURLWithPath_(str(f_full_path))
        op_result = NSFileManager.defaultManager().trashItemAtURL_resultingItemURL_error_(
            file_url, None, None
        )
        if not op_result[0]:
            print(
                f"Failed to trash '{file_url}'. Reason: {op_result[2].localizedFailureReason()}"
            )
        print(f"Successfully trashed '{file_url}'.")

notify("Downloads Cleaner", "Finished successfully!")