Making a folder structure for simpler non-web access

[sytone]

I created this PowerShell Core script to take the manifest and then make folders for tags, correspondents and document types. Then under each of these for each instance of the metadata I created a folder with the name and under that made symlinks to the exported file. Makes it super easy to browse files across the network and view contents or grab all the files for a particular tag and zip or send them.

Thought I would share back.

$linkedRoot = '/mnt/documents/links'
$exportRoot = '/mnt/documents/paperless/export'
$paperlessManifest = Get-Content "$exportRoot/manifest.json" | ConvertFrom-Json -Depth 10

Remove-Item -Path $linkedRoot -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Out-Null
New-Item -Path $linkedRoot -ItemType Directory -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Out-Null

$correspondents = $paperlessManifest | Where-Object { $_.model -eq 'documents.correspondent' }
$correspondents | ForEach-Object {
    New-Item -Path "$linkedRoot/correspondents/$($_.fields.name)" -ItemType Directory -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Out-Null
}

$tags = $paperlessManifest | Where-Object { $_.model -eq 'documents.tag' }
$tags | ForEach-Object {
    New-Item -Path "$linkedRoot/tags/$($_.fields.name)" -ItemType Directory -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Out-Null
}

$documenttypes = $paperlessManifest | Where-Object { $_.model -eq 'documents.documenttype' }
$documenttypes | ForEach-Object {
    New-Item -Path "$linkedRoot/documenttypes/$($_.fields.name)" -ItemType Directory -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Out-Null
}

$documents = $paperlessManifest | Where-Object { $_.model -eq 'documents.document' }
$documents | ForEach-Object {

    $filePath = $_.'__exported_file_name__'
    $fileName = Split-Path $filePath -Leaf

    if ($_.fields.correspondent) {
        $correspondentId = $_.fields.correspondent
        $correspondent = ($correspondents | Where-Object { $_.pk -eq $correspondentId }).fields.name
        "$linkedRoot/correspondents/$correspondent/$fileName"
        New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink -Path "$linkedRoot/correspondents/$correspondent/$fileName" -Target "$exportRoot/$filePath" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Out-Null
    }
    if ($_.fields.'document_type') {
        $documenttypeId = $_.fields.'document_type'
        $documenttype = ($documenttypes | Where-Object { $_.pk -eq $documenttypeId }).fields.name
        "$linkedRoot/documenttypes/$documenttype/$fileName"
        New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink -Path "$linkedRoot/documenttypes/$documenttype/$fileName" -Target "$exportRoot/$filePath" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Out-Null
    }
    foreach ($tagId in $_.fields.tags) {
        $tag = ($tags | Where-Object { $_.pk -eq $tagId }).fields.name
        "$linkedRoot/tags/$tag/$fileName"
        New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink -Path "$linkedRoot/tags/$tag/$fileName" -Target "$exportRoot/$filePath" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Out-Null
    }
}