pdf_manager.py

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import os
import sys
import time
from os import listdir
from os.path import isfile, join


def process_directory(input_path: str, output_path: str):
    filenames = [f for f in listdir(input_path) if isfile(join(input_path, f))]
    if len(filenames) > 0:
        for filename in filenames:
            if filename.endswith(".pdf"):
                print("Starting OCR for Document " + filename)
                command = f"ocrmypdf -l deu+eng --rotate-pages --deskew {input_path + filename} {output_path + filename}"
                print(command)
                os.system(command)
                print("Deleting the Document " + filename)
                os.system(f"rm {input_path + filename}")
            else:
                print("Found the Document " + filename + "but it has the wrong file-ending")
        print("Waiting for more documents...")


def main():
    while True:
        process_directory(sys.argv[1],sys.argv[2])
        time.sleep(5)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()