Automatically moves BBC micro:bit files from the browser to the device

auto_download_microbit.py

# usage:
#
# auto_download_microbit.py dir_to_watch dir_of_microbit

import os.path, shutil, sys, time
from watchdog.observers import Observer
from watchdog.events import PatternMatchingEventHandler

src = sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else '.'
dst = sys.argv[2] if len(sys.argv) > 2 else '/Volumes/MICROBIT/'

def handle_event(event):
    filename = None
    if event.event_type == "created":
      filename = event.src_path
    if event.event_type == "moved":
      filename = event.dest_path
    if filename is None:
      return

    dst_filename = os.path.basename(filename)
    dst_path = os.path.join(dst, dst_filename)
    print "moving", dst_filename
    shutil.move(filename, dst_path)

event_handler = PatternMatchingEventHandler(patterns=["*.hex"],
                                            ignore_patterns=["*.crdownload"],
                                            ignore_directories=True)
event_handler.on_any_event = handle_event
observer = Observer()
observer.schedule(event_handler, src)

print "\nLooking in %s\nto move to %s..." % (src, dst)
observer.start()
try:
    while True:
        time.sleep(1)
except KeyboardInterrupt:
    observer.stop()

observer.join()