Organizes downloads in your downloads directory by time. Puts files into "_hours", "_days", "_weeks"

download-organizer.py

#!/usr/bin/python
import os.path as path,os,json, time

# Get path to temporary files for scripts directory
tmpDir = path.join(path.dirname(path.realpath(__file__)), "tmp")

class File:
    def __init__(self, name, path, creationTime):
        self.name = name
        self.path = path
        self.time = creationTime

    def exists(self):
        return path.exists(self.path)

    def serialize(self):
        return {
            "name": self.name,
            "path": self.path,
            "time": self.time
        }

    # Move file to new directory
    def moveDir(self, new_dir_path):
        fullPath = path.join(new_dir_path, self.name)
        if self.path != fullPath:
            os.rename(self.path, fullPath)
        self.path = fullPath

    # Returns age in hours
    def age(self):
        return (time.time() - self.time) / 3600

# Parse file for storing date information
files = [] # [File]
downloadFilesPath = path.join(tmpDir, "downloads_files.json")
try:
    jsonFileList = json.load(open(downloadFilesPath))
    for jsonFile in jsonFileList:
        files.append(File(jsonFile['name'], jsonFile['path'], jsonFile['time']))
except:
    print("Creating new downloads_files")

def findFile(path):
    for f in files:
        if f.path == path:
            return f
    return None

# Let's see if there are any new files
currentTime = time.time()
downloadsPath = "~/downloads"
new_filenames = [p for p in os.listdir(downloadsPath) if p[0] != "_"]
new_filepaths = [path.join(downloadsPath, p) for p in new_filenames]

for name, fpath in zip(new_filenames, new_filepaths):
    if findFile(fpath) is None:
        files.append(File(name, fpath, currentTime))

# Make sure that the downloads directories exist
_lastweek = path.join(downloadsPath, "_weeks")
_days = path.join(downloadsPath, "_days")
_hours = path.join(downloadsPath, "_hours")

# Make sure the directories exist
try: os.mkdir(_lastweek)
except: pass
try: os.mkdir(_yest)
except: pass
try: os.mkdir(_hours)
except: pass

# Now let's shuffle files around
def moveFiles(files):
    for f in files:
        if not f.exists():
            continue
        else:
            if f.age() > 24 * 7:
                f.moveDir(_lastweek)
            elif f.age() > 24:
                f.moveDir(_days)
            elif f.age() > 4:
                f.moveDir(_hours)
            yield f

# Serialize and write new files
newJsonFiles = [f.serialize() for f in list(moveFiles(files))]
json.dump(newJsonFiles, open(downloadFilesPath, 'w'))