This Python script is a file content extraction tool that lets you input a project directory, gather data from files within that directory, and save their content to one text file. It can handle both individual files and entire directories, and it's designed to gracefully handle non-text files, directories, or missing files.

getFiles.py

import os

# Function to read the content of a file and return it as a string
def read_file_content(file_path):
  try:
    with open(file_path, 'r', encoding='utf-8', errors='ignore') as file:
      content = file.read()
    return content
  except (UnicodeDecodeError, IsADirectoryError, FileNotFoundError):
    # Handle non-text files or directories, and missing files
    return "Non-text file, directory, or missing file, content not read"


# Function to save file names and their data
def save_file_data(project_directory, output_file):
  file_data_list = []
  
  def process_directory(directory):
    for root, _, files in os.walk(directory):
      for file in files:
        file_path = os.path.join(root, file)
        relative_path = os.path.relpath(file_path, project_directory)
        file_content = read_file_content(file_path)
        file_data_list.append((relative_path, file_content))

  while True:
    # Prompt the user for the path to a file, directory, or 'stop'
    path = input("Enter the path to a file, directory or write 'this' or 'stop': ")

    if path.lower() == 'stop':
      break

    # If the user enters 'this', use the project directory as the path
    if path.lower() == 'this':
      process_directory(project_directory)
      break
    else:
      file_path = os.path.join(project_directory, path)
      if os.path.isfile(file_path):
        file_content = read_file_content(file_path)
        file_data_list.append((path, file_content))
      elif os.path.isdir(file_path):
        process_directory(file_path)
      else:
        print(f"File or directory not found: {path}")

  # Write the file names and their data to a text document
  with open(output_file, 'w') as file:
    for file_data in file_data_list:
      file.write(f"{file_data[0]}:\n{file_data[1]}\n\n")

  print(f"File names and data saved to '{output_file}'")

# Prompt the user for the project directory
project_directory = input("Enter the path to the project directory: ")

# Specify the output file
output_file = 'file_data.txt'

# Call the function to save file data
save_file_data(project_directory, output_file)