A Python Script for tidying up Dropbox's Camera Uploads Folder

cleanCamUploads.py

import shutil
import os
import re

source = '/Users/jcur002/Dropbox/Camera Uploads/'


files = os.listdir(source)

pat = re.compile(r'^(?P<year>20(0[1-2]|1[2-9]|2[0-1]))\-(?P<month>0[1-9]|1[0-2])\-(?P<day>[0][1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])[ -](?P<timestamp>.*)\.(?P<extn>gif|png|jpe*g|mts|mp4|mov)$', re.IGNORECASE)

for f in files:
    m = pat.match(f)

    if m:
        year = m.group('year')
        month = m.group('month')
        day = m.group('day')
        ts = m.group('timestamp')
        extn = m.group('extn')
        

        srcFile = os.path.join(source,  '{year}-{month}-{day} {ts}.{extn}'.format(year = year, 
                                                                                  month = month, 
                                                                                  day = day, 
                                                                                  ts = ts, 
                                                                                  extn = extn))

        destFolder = os.path.join(source, year, month)
        destFile = os.path.join(destFolder, '{year}-{month}-{day} {ts}.{extn}'.format(year = year, 
                                                                                  month = month, 
                                                                                  day = day, 
                                                                                  ts = ts, 
                                                                                  extn = extn))
        
        
        if not os.path.isdir(destFolder):
            os.makedirs(destFolder)
              
        print("Moving: " + srcFile + " to :" + destFile)
        shutil.move(srcFile, destFile)