Crontab sample - Basic file system document importer

The script imports files from the server’s file system.

package com.openkm.plugin.cron;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;

import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

import com.openkm.api.OKMDocument;
import com.openkm.api.OKMFolder;
import com.openkm.core.ItemExistsException;
import com.openkm.module.db.stuff.DbSessionManager;
import com.openkm.util.ContextWrapper;

import net.xeoh.plugins.base.annotations.PluginImplementation;

@PluginImplementation
public class SystemDocumentImporter extends BaseCronPlugin implements CronAdapter {

    private Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(SystemDocumentImporter.class);

    private OKMDocument document = ContextWrapper.getContext().getBean(OKMDocument.class);
    private OKMFolder folder = ContextWrapper.getContext().getBean(OKMFolder.class);
    private String token = DbSessionManager.getInstance().getSystemToken();

    @Override
    public String getName() {
        return "System Document Importer";
    }

    @Override
    public String getCronExpression() {
        return "0 5 * * * *";
    }

    @Override
    public void execute() {
        String okmPath = "/okm:root/Scans/";
        File file = new File("/home/opemkm/import");
        autoImport(okmPath, file);
    }

    private void autoImport(String okmPath, File fldpath) {
        try {
            log.info("Scanning " + fldpath.getName());
            for (File file : fldpath.listFiles()) {
                log.info("Importing " + file.getName());
                try {
                    if (file.isDirectory()) {
                        try {
                            folder.createSimple(token, okmPath + file.getName());
                        } catch (ItemExistsException ie) {
                            log.error("folder already exists<br>");
                            // Folder already exists - just ignore exception
                        }
                        autoImport(okmPath + file.getName() + "/", file);
                    } else {
                        // Check if file is still being written to
                        long length = file.length();
                        Thread.sleep(1000);
                        if (file.length() > length) {
                            continue; // Skip file this time
                        }
                        FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(file);
                        document.createSimple(token, okmPath + file.getName(), fis);
                        fis.close();
                    }
                    log.info("Created " + okmPath + file.getName());
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    log.info("Exception:" + e);
                    // Something bad happened to prevent import. Skip to next file.
                    continue;
                }
                file.delete();
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            log.error(e.getMessage());
        }
    }

}

Register a new plugin

To install a new plugin, create a JAR file and copy it into your $TOMCAT/plugins folder. More information is available at Creating a JAR file with Eclipse.
Go to Administration > Utilities > Plugins and click the Reload plugins button at the top right.
In the plugins table, the new plugin will be shown.

Images

Crontab task

Files in the application server

Result