Module: OcrFile::FileHelpers

Extended by:
FileHelpers
Included in:
FileHelpers
Defined in:
lib/ocr-file/file_helpers.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#append_file(path, text) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/ocr-file/file_helpers.rb', line 25

def append_file(path, text)
  File.open(path, 'a') { |file| file.write(text) }
end

#clear_folder(path) ⇒ Object

Beware this is dangerous!



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# File 'lib/ocr-file/file_helpers.rb', line 12

def clear_folder(path)
  return unless path.include?('/temp') # Small hacky safeguard
  `rm -rf #{path}` # Cleanup
end

#fetch_temp_image_paths(save_path, temp_filename, filetype) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/ocr-file/file_helpers.rb', line 33

def fetch_temp_image_paths(save_path, temp_filename, filetype)
  filenames = `ls #{save_path} | grep .#{filetype}`.split("\n")
  filenames.map do |filename|
    "#{save_path}/#{filename}"
  end
end

#make_directory(path) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/ocr-file/file_helpers.rb', line 17

def make_directory(path)
  `mkdir -p #{path}`
end

#merge_pdfs(file_paths, save_file_path) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/ocr-file/file_helpers.rb', line 5

def merge_pdfs(file_paths, save_file_path)
  documents = file_paths.map { |path| OcrFile::ImageEngines::PdfEngine.open_pdf(path) }
  merged_document = OcrFile::ImageEngines::PdfEngine.merge(documents)
  save_pdf(merged_document, save_file_path, optimise: true)
end

#open_json(path) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/ocr-file/file_helpers.rb', line 21

def open_json(path)
  JSON.parse(File.read(path))
end

#open_text_file(path) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/ocr-file/file_helpers.rb', line 29

def open_text_file(path)
  File.read(path)
end