Paths

Certain operations work on paths. Couchdrop has a bunch of path variables available that can be used to craft relevant paths.

When working with paths, we need to determine whether the path provided is a folder or absolute filename.

If the path provided ends with a "/", then we will assume that the path is a directory and include it and the original filename,

For example:

Source File	Configured Path	Result
/directory/filename.txt	/newdir/	/newdir/filename.txt
/directory/filename.txt	filename2.txt	/directory/filename2.txt

You can use dynamic variables in the path to compose a useful destination filename. Available variables are:

Variable	Example Result	Desc
{EXISTING_NAME}	filename.txt	Take the filename
{TIMESTAMP}	160331234	A unix timestamp
{YYYY}	2050	The current year
{YY}	50	The current year in shorthand
{MM}	03	The month
{DD}	10	The day of the month
{USER}	donald	The user on the event
{EVENT.*}	{EVENT.username} - donald	Any attribute on the event

An example of a dynamic path used in a copy operation:

{
    "type":"copy",
    "copy_to":"/processed_files/{USER}/{YY}/{MM}/{DD}/{EXISTING_FILENAME}"
}