Photoframe Filler: take random images from each album folder to the SD card for a photoframe.

photoframeFiller.py

# example: python "D:\Users\rahul\Documents\Python Scripts\photoframeFiller.py" "D:\image_source" "E:\"
# copy from folders (albums) in image_source to sdcard E for photo frame

import os
import argparse
import random
import shutil

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
parser.add_argument("fromDir")
parser.add_argument("toDir")
args = parser.parse_args()

answer = input("fromDir: "+args.fromDir+", toDir: "+args.toDir+", are you sure? Y/N: ")
if answer.upper() != "Y":
	exit()
    
while(True):
    for (_, dirnames, _) in os.walk(args.fromDir):
        dirname = random.choice(dirnames)
        for (dirpath, _, filenames) in os.walk(os.path.join(args.fromDir, dirname)):
            filename = random.choice(filenames)
            #print(os.path.join(dirpath, filename))
            if(os.path.splitext(filename)[1].lower()==".jpg"):
                print(os.path.join(args.toDir, dirname+" - "+filename))
                shutil.copy2(os.path.join(dirpath, filename), os.path.join(args.toDir, dirname+" - "+filename))
            break
        break