Watches a directory for files and uploads them to a paperless-ngx instance.

This project has only been tested with go1.20+. To compile just run go install github.com/gesquive/paperless-uploader@latest and the executable should be built for you automatically in your $GOPATH.

Optionally you can clone the repo and run make install to build and copy the executable to /usr/local/bin/ with correct permissions.

Alternately, you can download the latest release for your platform from github.

Once you have an executable, make sure to copy it somewhere on your path like /usr/local/bin or C:/Program Files/. If on a *nix/mac system, make sure to run chmod +x /path/to/paperless-uploader.

You can also run paperless-uploader from the provided Docker image:

docker run -d -v $PWD/docker:/config -v /path/to/watch:/watch gesquive/paperless-uploader:latest

To get the sample config working, you will need to configure the SMTP server and add target configs.

For more details read the Docker image documentation.

This app is also avalable from this homebrew tap. Just install the tap and then the app will be available.

$ brew tap gesquive/tap
$ brew install paperless-uploader

The application looks for variables in the following order:

• command line flag
• environment variable
• config file variable
• default

So any variable specified on the command line would override values set in the environment or config file.

The application looks for a configuration file at the following locations in order:

• ./config.yml
• ~/.config/paperless-uploader/config.yml
• /etc/paperless-uploader/config.yml

Copy pkg/config.example.yml to one of these locations and populate the values with your own. Since the config contains a writable API token, make sure to set permissions on the config file appropriately so others cannot read it. A good suggestion is chmod 600 /path/to/config.yml.

If you are planning to run this app as a service, it is recommended that you place the config in /etc/paperless-uploader/config.yml.

Optionally, instead of using a config file you can specify config entries as environment variables. Use the prefix PAPERLESS_UPLOADER_ in front of the uppercased variable name. For example, the config variable paperless-url would be the environment variable PAPERLESS_UPLOADER_PAPERLESS_URL.

An authorization token is required to upload to a paperless-ngx instance. Refer to the documentation on how to generate a token.

This application was developed to run as a service.

You can use upstart, init, runit or any other service manager to run the paperless-uploader executable. Example scripts for systemd and upstart can be found in the pkg/services directory. A logrotate script can also be found in the pkg/services directory. All of the configs assume the user to run as is named paperless-uploader, make sure to change this if needed.

The homebrew tap installs as a service that can be managed with the commands brew services (start|stop|restart) gesquive/tap/paperless-uploader. Before running, edit the config file located at /usr/local/etc/paperless/config.yml. To debug, read the service logs at /usr/local/var/log/paperless-uploader.log. By default, the service watches the directory /usr/local/var/paperless-watch.

Watches a directory for files and uploads them to paperless-ngx

Usage:
  paperless-uploader [flags]

Flags:
      --config string             Path to a specific config file (default "./config.yml")
  -h, --help                      help for paperless-uploader
  -l, --log-file string           Path to log file (default "/var/log/paperless-uploader.log")
  -t, --paperless-token string    Authenticate the paperless server with this user token
  -u, --paperless-url string      The base URL for your paperless instance
  -x, --upload-path strings       Path to the file(s) to upload, can be entered multiple times or comma delimited.
  -f, --watch-filter string       The inclusive file filter regex for uploads.
  -i, --watch-interval duration   The interval between polling for changes. (default 1s)
  -p, --watch-path string         Directory to watch for files.
      --version                Display the version number and exit

Optionally, a hidden debug flag is available in case you need additional output.

Hidden Flags:
  -D, --debug                  Include debug statements in log output

This documentation can be found at github.com/gesquive/paperless-uploader

This package is made available under an MIT-style license. See LICENSE.

PRs are always welcome!