this is a python script to mointor a folder for changes

watchdog_sample.py

import time
import os
import shutil
from watchdog.observers import Observer
from watchdog.events import FileSystemEventHandler


class StartMonitor(FileSystemEventHandler):

    def __init__(self, monitor_path, move_path):
        self.monitor_path = monitor_path
        self.move_path = move_path

    def on_created(self, event):
        """" this will be called when new file/folder created"""
        # print(f'event type: {event.event_type}  path : {event.src_path}')
        self.move_file(event.src_path)

    def startMonitor(self):
        """" this will monitor folder"""
        observer = Observer()
        observer.schedule(self, path=self.monitor_path,
                          recursive=False)
        observer.start()
        print('Started monitoring folder....')
        try:
            while True:
                time.sleep(1)
        except KeyboardInterrupt:
            observer.stop()
            observer.join()

    def move_file(self, path):
        """" this will move file/folder to destination folder """
        filename = os.path.basename(path)
        shutil.move(path, self.move_path + os.sep + filename)
        print(filename, " file moved to ", self.move_path)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    ss = StartMonitor(SOURCE_PATH, DESTINSTION_PATH)
    ss.startMonitor()