Script that saves every visible layer as individual file in folder with same name

Hello.
In my PSD I have many folders with unique name (like "1234"), that contains layers named as digits (like "0", "1", "2" etc).
I need to save each layer as JPG to folder with the same name and hierarchy that is in PSD file.
How to do that using JavaScript .jsx scripts?
Thank you for any response.

What exactly is the problem – addressing the Layers, creating the Folder structure, …?

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