Automator help needed

Question

Hi,
the question is relevant automator workflow.
I have a folder with hundred subfolder and in each subfolder there is a file named index.html
I would like to batch rename all the index.html files with the own subfolder name and then move all of them in a separate folder.
I have tried several options but the result is always a failure.
Can some one help?
Thanks,
Millone

Answer 1

Hi,
OS X can print everything.
But not by AppleScript without using the GUI Scripting (simulated keyboard and mouse, I use this when there is not any other solution), It's generally slow, not very reliable and the user can not touch the keyboard, mouse or trackpad during the execution of the script..
It's possible directly in some applications ("Microsoft Word", "Pages"), but Pages does not open HTML files.
It's possible in Safari by using a virtual printer : https://bitbucket.org/codepoet/cups-pdf-for-mac-os-x/wiki/Home
AppleScript can change the printer in Safari and create a PDF in the default folder, but it can't change the destination folder.
There are command line utilities that can be use in an AppleScript, but requires Terminal knowledges to install or make it executables ( http://code.google.com/p/wkhtmltopdf/ or http://plessl.github.com/wkpdf/ ).
Here is my solution (this AppleScript uses cocoa frameworks in python shell):
set x to quoted form of POSIX path of (choose folder with prompt "Select the source folder")
set destFolder to quoted form of POSIX path of (choose folder with prompt "Select the destination folder")
set pythonScript to "import os, sys, Foundation, AppKit, WebKit
class AppDelegate (Foundation.NSObject):
  def applicationDidFinishLaunching_(self, aNotification):
     wview = aNotification.object().windows()[0].contentView()
     wview.frameLoadDelegate().openFileIn(wview)
class WebkitLoad (Foundation.NSObject, WebKit.protocols.WebFrameLoadDelegate):
  def webView_didFailLoadWithError_forFrame_(self, wview,error,frame):
     self.openFileIn(wview)
  def webView_didFailProvisionalLoadWithError_forFrame_(self, wview,error,frame):
     self.openFileIn(wview)
  def openFileIn(self, wview):
     fPath = sys.stdin.readline().rstrip()
     if (fPath == \"\") : AppKit.NSApplication.sharedApplication().terminate_(None)
     tPAth = Foundation.CFStringCreateWithCString(None, fPath, Foundation.kCFStringEncodingUTF8)
     self.filePath = tPAth
     url = Foundation.CFURLCreateWithFileSystemPath(None, tPAth, 0, False)
     wview.window().setContentSize_((400, 200))
     wview.setFrame_(Foundation.NSMakeRect(0,0, 400, 200))
     wview.mainFrame().loadRequest_(Foundation.NSURLRequest.requestWithURL_(url))
     if not wview.mainFrame().provisionalDataSource(): self.openFileIn(wview)
  def webView_didFinishLoadForFrame_(self, wview, frame):
     if (frame == wview.mainFrame()):
       view = frame.frameView().documentView()
       view.window().display()
       rect = view.bounds()
       view.window().setContentSize_(rect.size)
       view.setFrame_(rect)
       dirPath, t = os.path.split(self.filePath)
       fName = os.path.basename(dirPath)
       pdfData = view.dataWithPDFInsideRect_(rect)
       if (pdfData.writeToFile_atomically_(self.destF + fName + \".pdf\", False)): os.remove(self.filePath)
       self.openFileIn(wview)
app = AppKit.NSApplication.sharedApplication()
delegate = AppDelegate.alloc().init()
AppKit.NSApp().setDelegate_(delegate)
rect = Foundation.NSMakeRect(0,0,100,100)
wind = AppKit.NSWindow.alloc()
wind.initWithContentRect_styleMask_backing_defer_ (rect, AppKit.NSBorderlessWindowMask, 2, False)
wview = WebKit.WebView.alloc()
wview.initWithFrame_(rect)
wview.mainFrame().frameView().setAllowsScrolling_(False)
wview.preferences().setLoadsImagesAutomatically_(True)
wview.preferences().setShouldPrintBackgrounds_(True)
wview.setMediaStyle_(\"screen\")
wind.setContentView_(wview)
loaddelegate = WebkitLoad.alloc().init()
loaddelegate.filePath = \"\"
loaddelegate.destF = Foundation.CFStringCreateWithCString(None, sys.argv[1], Foundation.kCFStringEncodingUTF8)
wview.setFrameLoadDelegate_(loaddelegate)
app.run()"
do shell script "/usr/bin/find " & x & " -type f -name 'index.html' -print | /usr/bin/python -c " & (quoted form of pythonScript) & " " & destFolder
activate
display dialog "Done"
If the script creates the PDF file, the HTML file will be deleted, otherwise the HTML file will remain in the folder.
Another solution : the "Paparazzi!" application http://derailer.org/paparazzi/ (Donation Ware).
With this script:
set x to quoted form of POSIX path of (choose folder with prompt "Select the source folder")
set destFolder to POSIX path of (choose folder with prompt "Select the destination folder")
-- get all "index.html" files and his parent name
set r to do shell script "/usr/bin/find " & x & " -type f -name 'index.html' |/usr/bin/perl -pe 's:.*/(.*?)/.*:$_\\1:'"
if r is not "" then
    set tFiles to paragraphs of r
    set TC to count tFiles
    repeat with i from 1 to TC by 2
        set tFile to item i of tFiles
        set folderName to item (i + 1) of tFiles
        tell application "Paparazzi!"
            capture tFile delay 0
            repeat while busy
                delay 0.1
            end repeat
            save as PDF in (destFolder & folderName & ".pdf")
        end tell
        --do shell script "/bin/rm -f " & (quoted form of tFile) & " > /dev/null 2>&1 &"
    end repeat
    quit application "Paparazzi!"
    activate
    display dialog "Done"
end if
The HTML files will not be changed, if you want to remove it, uncomment this line :  --do shell script "/bin/rm -f " & (quoted form of tFile) & " > /dev/null 2>&1 &"
Another solution that I would use:
The script move the HTML files and it change the relative paths to absolute paths in the HTML files.
It's not very complicated, but it requires to know the tags of your HTML files.