yet it seemed the OP suggested this wasnt exactly relevant im posting a new thread on this
i am wondering if anyone has done something like this in the past and may be willing to share his script? im trying to have a last step in hazel that will directly send a matched and then proccesed file to a specific devonthink group based on uuid.
I use the following - your choice as to whether to use group name or UUID – just comment out (or delete) whichever you aren’t using:
set _path to (the POSIX path of theFile as string)
set {_name, _extension} to {name, name extension} of theFile
-- optional: hide extension in Finder
set extension hidden of theFile to true
-- optional: remove extension for DEVONthink displays
set _name to text 1 thru -((count _extension) + 2) of _name
set _extension to "." & _extension
end tell
-- Launch DEVONthink if it isn't already open.
tell application "System Events"
if not (exists process "DEVONthink 3") then
tell application id "DNtp" to activate
end if
end tell
-- Import the file.
tell application id "DNtp"
--set img_ib to get record at "/Investments" in database "FileCabinet"
set img_ib to get record with uuid "893B5B25-C929-4659-BA14-E6345B53196A"
import theFile to img_ib
end tell
I’m sorry if this response is not helpful to you but I thought it might be worth mentioning the way I prefer to use Hazel with DEVONthink.
I use Hazel simply to route files to the DEVONthink inbox (so that they’re then automatically picked up by DEVONthink) and then rely on various smart rules in DEVONthink automatically to place the relevant file in the appropriate group in DEVONthink. I do find that works well for me but appreciate it may not for you.
-- Script to move saved file to DT
-- Created by Silverstone on 14.04.2021
-- Updated on 26.04.2021 to escape working on MS Office TEMP files
on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving added_items
set added_items to set_viable_list out of added_items
try
if (count of added_items) is greater than 0 then
tell application id "DNtp"
try
set theGroup to (get selection)
if theGroup is {} then
set theGroup to display group selector
else
set theGroup to item 1 of theGroup
end if
if kind of theGroup is not "group" then set theGroup to current group
set theImported to 0
repeat with theItem in added_items
try
set thePath to POSIX path of theItem
set theRecord to import thePath to theGroup
perform smart rule trigger import event record theRecord
if exists theRecord then do shell script "rm -R " & quoted form of thePath
log message info "Item '" & proposed filename of theRecord & "' is imported successfully to '" & name of theGroup & "'" record theRecord
set theImported to theImported + 1
end try
end repeat
activate
on error ErrMsg
tell application "Finder" to set theName to name of the theItem
log message "There was a problem importing a file" info "Importing of file '" & theName & "' into the group '" & name of theGroup & "' is failed. Error: " & ErrMsg
end try
end tell
end if
end try
end adding folder items to
on set_viable_list out of theList
set theClearList to {}
repeat with theItem in theList
set thePath to POSIX path of theItem
tell application "Finder" to set theName to name of the theItem
if thePath does not end with ".download:" and thePath does not end with ".crdownload:" then
if theName does not start with "~$" then
set the end of theClearList to theItem
end if
end if
end repeat
return theClearList
end set_viable_list
PS: DEVONthink already comes with some built-in folder action scripts. This is discussed in the Automation > Folder Actions section of the built-in Help and manual…
