Directory tree metadata parser using Apache Tika
tikatree parses all files in a directory and creates a:
- _metadata.json - A single file with the metdata from each file that was parsed
- _file_tree.json and _file_tree.csv - A list of all files and directories with some basic information. One file that's easy to read and another for importing into excel and things like that
- _directory_tree.txt - A graphical representation of the directory
- .sfv - A CRC32 checksum
pip install tikatree
tikatree uses tika-python for interacting with Apache Tika. You may need to refer to the tika-python documentation if you have any issues with Tika.
Open up a command line and type tikatree <directory>, by default it'll create all files at or above that directory. You can target multiple directories, just put a space in between each one on the command line.
usage: tikatree [-h] [-v] [-d] [-e EXCLUDE [EXCLUDE ...]] [-f] [-m] [-nm] [-s] [-y] DIRECTORY [DIRECTORY ...]
A directory tree metadata parser using Apache Tika, by default it runs arguments: -d, -f, -m, -s
positional arguments:
DIRECTORY directory(s) to parse
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-v, --version show program's version number and exit
-d, --directorytree create directory tree
-e EXCLUDE [EXCLUDE ...], --exclude EXCLUDE [EXCLUDE ...]
directory(s) to exclude, includes subdirectories
-f, --filetree creates a json and csv file tree
-m, --metadata parse metadata
-nm, --newmetadata create individual metadata files in a 'tikatree' directory
-s, --sfv create sfv file
-y, --yes automatically overwrite older filesI've included some output examples in the output_examples folder.
When parsing files too fast there can be connection errors to Apache Tika. In order to get around this run these commands in Powershell as Admin
$KeyPath = "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters"
Set-ItemProperty -Path $KeyPath -Name "MaxUserPort" -Value 65534$KeyPath = "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters"
Set-ItemProperty -Path $KeyPath -Name "TcpTimedWaitDelay" -Value 30