Just a script to get some information about my files.

files_info.py

import os
import sys
import json
import datetime
from collections import namedtuple
from pathlib import Path

_timestamp_convert = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp


def json_serial(obj):
    if isinstance(obj, (datetime.datetime, datetime.date)):
        return obj.isoformat()
    raise TypeError ("Type %s not serializable" % type(obj))


class FileInfo(object):

    def __init__(self, file_entry):
        super(FileInfo, self).__init__()
        self.file_entry = file_entry

    def out(self):
        print(self.file_entry)
        print(self.info)
        print(self.info_json)

    @property
    def info(self):
        return {
            'is_dir': self.file_entry.is_dir(),
            'is_file': self.file_entry.is_file(),
            'is_hidden': self.file_entry.name.startswith('.'),
            'date_created': _timestamp_convert(self.file_entry.stat().st_ctime),
            'date_last_access': _timestamp_convert(self.file_entry.stat().st_atime),
            'date_last_modification': _timestamp_convert(self.file_entry.stat().st_mtime),
            'size': self.file_entry.stat().st_size,
            'ext': os.path.splitext(self.file_entry.path)[1],
            'path': self.file_entry.name,
            'full_path': self.file_entry.path,
        }

    @property
    def info_json(self):
        return json.dumps(self.info, indent=4, default=json_serial)


def get_tree_files_info(path):
    files_info = []
    for fi in os.scandir(path):
        if fi.is_dir(follow_symlinks=False):
            files_info.append(FileInfo(fi).info)
            files_info.extend(get_tree_files_info(fi.path))
        else:
            files_info.append(FileInfo(fi).info)
    return files_info


if __name__ == '__main__':

    example_cmd = """
    Example of usage:
    $ files_info.py path/to/analyze data.json
    """

    if len(sys.argv) < 3 :
        print(example_cmd)
        raise Exception('Problems with program usage.')
            
    _, path, filename, *extra = sys.argv

    if not Path(path).exists():
        raise Exception('Path does not exists.')

    files_info = get_tree_files_info(path)

    with open(filename, 'w') as f:
        json.dump(files_info, f, indent=4, default=json_serial)