FileMonitor is a Stash plugin which updates Stash if any changes occurs in the Stash library paths. It also has a scheduler which can be used to schedule reoccurring task.

Starting FileMonitor from the UI

From the GUI, FileMonitor can be started as a service or as a plugin. The recommended method is to start it as a service. When started as a service, it will jump on the Task Queue momentarily, and then disappear as it starts running in the background.

To start monitoring file changes, go to Stash->Settings->Task->[Plugin Tasks]->FileMonitor, and click on the [Start Library Monitor Service] button.
- Important Note: At first, this will show up as a plugin in the Task Queue momentarily. It will then disappear from the Task Queue and run in the background as a service.
To stop FileMonitor click on [Stop Library Monitor] button.
The [Run as a Plugin] option is mainaly available for backwards compatibility and for test purposes.

Using FileMonitor as a script

FileMonitor can be called as a standalone script.

To start monitoring call the script and pass --url and the Stash URL.
- python filemonitor.py --url http://localhost:9999
To stop FileMonitor, pass argument --stop.
- python filemonitor.py --stop
- The stop command works to stop the standalone job and the Stash plugin task job.
To restart FileMonitor, pass argument --restart.
- python filemonitor.py --restart
- The restart command restarts FileMonitor as a Task in Stash.

Reoccurring Task Scheduler

To enable the scheduler Stash->Settings->Plugins->Plugins->FileMonitor and enable the Scheduler option.

To configure the schedule or to add new task, edit the task_reoccurring_scheduler section in the filemonitor_config.py file.

# The reoccurring scheduler task list.
# Frequency can be in minutes, hours, or days. A zero frequency value disables the task.
# For weekly and monthly task, use the syntax as done in the **Generate** and **Backup** task below.
"task_reoccurring_scheduler": [
	{"task" : "Clean",      "days" : 2},  # Maintenance -> [Clean] (every 2 days)
	{"task" : "Auto Tag",   "hours" : 24},  # Auto Tag -> [Auto Tag] (Daily)
	{"task" : "Optimise Database",   "hours" : 24},  # Maintenance -> [Optimise Database] (Daily)
	
	# The following is the syntax used for plugins. A plugin task requires the plugin name for the [task] field, and the plugin-ID for the [pluginId] field.
	{"task" : "Create Tags", "pluginId" : "pathParser", "days" : 0}, # This task requires plugin [Path Parser]. To enable this task change the zero to a positive number.
	
	# Note: For a weekly task do NOT use days. Instead use the weekday method which is more reliable. The hour section in time MUST be a two digit number, and use military time format. Example: 1PM = "13:00"
	{"task" : "Generate",   "weekday" : "sunday",   "time" : "07:00"}, # Generated Content-> [Generate] (Every Sunday at 7AM)
	{"task" : "Scan",       "weekday" : "sunday",   "time" : "03:00"}, # Library -> [Scan] (Weekly) (Every Sunday at 3AM)
	
	# To perform a task monthly, specify the day of the month as in the weekly schedule format, and add a monthly field.
		# The monthly field value must be 1, 2, 3, or 4.
			# 1 = 1st specified weekday of the month. Example 1st monday.
			# 2 = 2nd specified weekday of the month. Example 2nd monday of the month.
			# 3 = 3rd specified weekday of the month.
			# 4 = 4th specified weekday of the month.
	# Example monthly method.
	{"task" : "Backup",     "weekday" : "saturday",   "time" : "01:00", "monthly" : 2}, # Backup -> [Backup] 2nd saturday of the month at 1AM
	
	# The following is a place holder for a plugin.
	{"task" : "PluginButtonName_Here", "pluginId" : "PluginId_Here", "hours" : 0}, # The zero frequency value makes this task disabled.
	# Add additional plugin task here.
],

To add plugins to the task list, both the Plugin-ID and the plugin name is required. The plugin ID is usually the file name of the script without the extension.
The frequency field can be in minutes, hours, or days.
The freuency value must be a number greater than zero.
The scheduler feature requires pip install schedule
If the user leaves the scheduler disabled, schedule does NOT have to be installed.
The scheduler will NOT work properly when FileMonitor is run as a plugin.
The current scheduler code does NOT work persistently. That means the schedule always restarts when the program restarts. This may be fixed in future FileMonitor versions.

Requirements

pip install -r requirements.txt
Or manually install each requirement:
- pip install stashapp-tools --upgrade
- pip install pyYAML
- pip install watchdog
- pip install schedule

Installation

Follow Requirements instructions.
In the stash plugin directory (C:\Users\MyUserName.stash\plugins), create a folder named FileMonitor.
Copy all the plugin files to this folder.(C:\Users\MyUserName\.stash\plugins\FileMonitor).
Click the [Reload Plugins] button in Stash->Settings->Plugins->Plugins.

That's it!!!

Options

Main options are accessible in the GUI via Settings->Plugins->Plugins->[FileMonitor].
Additional options available in filemonitor_config.py.