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+#!/bin/bash
+LIMIT=150
+
+echo "##################### START #####################"
+
+echo "  Docspell - Import from Paperless v '0.1 beta'"
+echo "         by totti4ever" && echo
+echo "  $(date)"
+echo
+echo "#################################################"
+echo && echo
+
+jq --version > /dev/null
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+  echo "please install 'jq'"
+  exit -4
+fi
+
+ds_url=$1
+ds_user=$2
+ds_password=$3
+db_path=$4
+file_path=$5
+
+if [ $# -ne 5 ]; then
+  echo "FATAL  Exactly five parameters needed"
+  exit -3
+elif [ "$1" == "" ] || [ "$2" == "" ] || [ "$3" == "" ] || [ "$4" == "" ] || [ "$5" == "" ]; then
+  echo "FATAL  Parameter missing"
+  echo "  ds_url: $ds_url"
+  echo "  ds_user: $ds_user"
+  echo "  ds_password: $ds_password"
+  echo "  db_path: $db_path"
+  echo "  file_path: $file_path"
+  exit -2
+fi
+
+# the tables we need
+modes=("documents_correspondent" "documents_document" "documents_tag" "documents_document_tags")
+
+# the columns per table we need
+declare -A columns
+#documents_document: id, title, content, created, modified, added, correspondent_id, file_type, checksum,  storage_type, filename
+columns[documents_document]="id, title, created, added, correspondent_id, file_type, filename"
+#documents_correspondent: id, name, match, matching_algorithm, is_insensitive, slug
+columns[documents_correspondent]="id, name"
+#documents_tag: id, name, colour, match, matching_algorithm, is_insensitive, slug
+columns[documents_tag]="id, name"
+#documents_document_tags: id, document_id, tag_id
+columns[documents_document_tags]="document_id, tag_id"
+
+declare -A document2orga
+declare -A corr2name
+declare -A tag2name
+declare -A doc2name
+declare -A pl2ds_id
+
+############# FUCNTIONS
+function curl_call() {
+  curl_cmd=$1
+  curl_result=$(eval $curl_cmd)
+
+  if [ "$curl_result" == '"Authentication failed."' ]; then
+    printf "New login required... "
+    login
+    sleep 2
+    curl_call $1
+
+  elif [ "$curl_result" == "Bad Gateway" ] || [ "$curl_result" == '404 page not found' ]; then
+    echo "FATAL  Connection to server failed"
+    exit -1
+  fi
+}
+
+function login() {
+  curl_call "curl -s -X POST -d '{\"account\": \"$ds_user\", \"password\": \"$ds_password\"}' ${ds_url}/api/v1/open/auth/login"
+
+  curl_status=$(echo $curl_result | jq -r ".success")
+
+  if [ "$curl_status" == "true" ]; then
+    ds_token=$(echo $curl_result | jq -r ".token")
+    echo "Login successfull ( Token: $ds_token )"
+
+  else
+    echo "FATAL  Login not succesfull"
+    exit 1
+
+  fi
+}
+
+############# END
+
+# login, get token
+login
+
+# go through modes
+for mode in "${modes[@]}"; do
+  echo && echo "### $mode ###"
+
+  OLDIFS=$IFS
+  IFS=$'\n'
+
+  tmp_resultset=(`sqlite3 -header $db_path "select ${columns[$mode]} from $mode order by 1 LIMIT $LIMIT;"`)
+
+  tmp_headers=($(echo "${tmp_resultset[0]}" | tr '|' '\n'))
+  len_resultset=${#tmp_resultset[@]}
+
+  # go through resultset
+  for ((i=1;i<$len_resultset;i++)); do
+
+    # split result into array
+    tmp_result=($(echo "${tmp_resultset[$i]}" | tr '|' '\n'))
+
+    # process single result array
+    len_result=${#tmp_result[@]}
+    # write array to named array
+    declare -A tmp_result_arr
+    for ((j=0;j<$len_result;j++)); do
+      tmp_header=${tmp_headers[$j]}
+      tmp_result_arr[$tmp_header]=${tmp_result[$j]}
+    done
+
+    printf "%${#len_resultset}s" "$i"; printf "/$((len_resultset-1))     "
+
+    # CORRESPONDENTS
+    if [ "$mode" == "documents_correspondent" ]; then
+      echo "\"${tmp_result_arr[name]}\" [id: ${tmp_result_arr[id]}]"
+      curl_call "curl -s -X POST '$ds_url/api/v1/sec/organization' -H 'X-Docspell-Auth: $ds_token' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{\"id\":\"\",\"name\":\"${tmp_result_arr[name]}\",\"address\":{\"street\":\"\",\"zip\":\"\",\"city\":\"\",\"country\":\"\"},\"contacts\":[],\"created\":0}'"
+      curl_status=$(echo $curl_result | jq -r ".success")
+
+      printf "%${#len_resultset}s" " "; printf "           "
+      if [ "$curl_status" == "true" ]; then
+        echo "Organization successfully created from correspondent"
+      elif [ "$(echo $curl_result | jq -r '.message')" == "Adding failed, because the entity already exists." ]; then
+        echo "Organization already exists, nothing to do"
+      else
+        echo "FATAL  Error during creation of organization: $(echo $curl_result | jq -r '.message')"
+        exit 2
+      fi
+      echo
+
+      # paperless id to name for later purposes
+      corr2name[${tmp_result_arr[id]}]=${tmp_result_arr[name]}
+
+
+    # DOCUMENTS
+    elif [ "$mode" == "documents_document" ]; then
+      echo "\"${tmp_result_arr[filename]}\" [id: ${tmp_result_arr[id]}]"
+      doc2name[${tmp_result_arr[id]}]=${tmp_result_arr[filename]}
+
+      tmp_filepath=$file_path/${tmp_result_arr[filename]}
+      if [ ! -f "$tmp_filepath" ]; then
+        echo "FATAL  no access to file: $tmp_filepath"
+        exit 3
+      fi
+
+      # check for checksum
+      tmp_checksum=$(sha256sum "$tmp_filepath" | awk '{print $1}')
+
+      curl_call "curl -s -X GET '$ds_url/api/v1/sec/checkfile/$tmp_checksum' -H 'X-Docspell-Auth: $ds_token'"
+      curl_status=$(echo $curl_result | jq -r ".exists")
+
+      printf "%${#len_resultset}s" " "; printf "           "
+      # upload if not existent
+      if [ $? -eq 0 ] && [ "$curl_status" == "false" ]; then
+        echo -n "File does not exist, uploading... "
+        curl_call "curl -s -X POST '$ds_url/api/v1/sec/upload/item' -H 'X-Docspell-Auth: $ds_token' -H 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' -F 'file=@$tmp_filepath;type=application/${tmp_result_arr[file_type]}'"
+
+        curl_status=$(echo $curl_result | jq -r ".success")
+        if [ "$curl_status" == "true" ]; then
+          echo "done"
+
+        else
+          echo "FATAL  upload failed"
+          exit 4
+        fi
+
+      else
+        echo "File already exists, nothing to upload"
+      fi
+
+      # link orga to document
+      printf "%${#len_resultset}s" " "; printf "           "
+      printf "Linking Organization \"${corr2name[${tmp_result_arr[correspondent_id]}]}\" .."
+      count=0
+      countMax=10
+      while [ $count -le $countMax ]; do
+        # get Docspell id of document
+        curl_call "curl -s -X GET '$ds_url/api/v1/sec/checkfile/$tmp_checksum' -H 'X-Docspell-Auth: $ds_token'"
+        curl_status=$(echo $curl_result | jq -r ".exists")
+        res=$?
+
+        if [ $res -eq 0 ] && [ "$curl_status" == "true" ]; then
+          curl_status=$(echo $curl_result | jq -r ".items[0].id")
+          # paperless id to docspell id for later use
+          pl2ds_id[${tmp_result_arr[id]}]=$curl_status
+
+          if [ ! "${pl2ds_id[${tmp_result_arr[id]}]}" == "" ] && [ ! "${corr2name[${tmp_result_arr[correspondent_id]}]}" == "" ]; then
+            count2=0
+            count2Max=5
+            while [ $count2 -le $count2Max ]; do
+              curl_call "curl -s -X GET '$ds_url/api/v1/sec/organization' -H 'X-Docspell-Auth: $ds_token' -G --data-urlencode 'q=${corr2name[${tmp_result_arr[correspondent_id]}]}'"
+
+              # Search for exact match of paperless correspondent in docspell organizations
+              curl_status=$(echo $curl_result | jq -r ".items[] | select(.name==\"${corr2name[${tmp_result_arr[correspondent_id]}]}\") | .name")
+
+              if [ "$curl_status" == "${corr2name[${tmp_result_arr[correspondent_id]}]}" ]; then
+                curl_status=$(echo $curl_result | jq -r ".items[] | select(.name==\"${corr2name[${tmp_result_arr[correspondent_id]}]}\") | .id")
+
+                # Set actual link to document
+                curl_call "curl -s -X PUT '$ds_url/api/v1/sec/item/${pl2ds_id[${tmp_result_arr[id]}]}/corrOrg' -H 'X-Docspell-Auth: $ds_token' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{\"id\":\"$curl_status\"}'"
+
+                curl_status=$(echo $curl_result | jq -r ".success")
+                if [ "$curl_status" == "true" ]; then
+                  echo ". done"
+
+                else
+                  echo "FATAL  Failed to link orga \"${tmp_result_arr[orga_id]}\" (doc_id: ${pl2ds_id[${tmp_result_arr[id]}]})"
+                  exit 5
+                fi
+                break
+
+              elif [ $count2 -ge $count2Max ]; then
+                echo "FATAL  Upload failed (or processing too slow)"
+                exit 6
+
+              else
+                printf "."
+              fi
+
+              sleep $(( count2*count2 ))
+              ((count2++))
+            done
+
+          else
+            echo "Something went wrong, no information on doc_id and/or org_id (${pl2ds_id[${tmp_result_arr[id]}]} // ${corr2name[${tmp_result_arr[correspondent_id]}]})"
+
+          fi
+          break
+
+        elif [ $res -ne 0 ]; then
+          echo -e "FATAL  Error:\n  Err-Code: $? / $res\n  Command: $curl_cmd\n  Result: $curl_result\n  Status: $curl_status"
+          exit 7
+
+        elif [ $count -ge $countMax ]; then
+          echo "FATAL  Upload failed (or processing too slow)"
+          exit 8
+
+        else
+            printf "."
+        fi
+        sleep $(( count * count ))
+        ((count++))
+      done
+      echo
+
+      # TAGS
+      elif [ "$mode" == "documents_tag" ]; then
+        echo "\"${tmp_result_arr[name]}\" [id: ${tmp_result_arr[id]}]"
+        printf "%${#len_resultset}s" " "; printf "           "
+
+        # paperless tag id to name for later use
+        tag2name[${tmp_result_arr[id]}]=${tmp_result_arr[name]}
+
+        curl_call "curl -s -X POST '$ds_url/api/v1/sec/tag' -H 'X-Docspell-Auth: $ds_token' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{\"id\":\"ignored\",\"name\":\"${tmp_result_arr[name]}\",\"category\":\"imported (pl)\",\"created\":0}'"
+
+        curl_status=$(echo $curl_result | jq -r ".success")
+        if [ "$curl_status" == "true" ]; then
+          echo "Tag successfully created"
+        elif [ "$(echo $curl_result | jq -r '.message')" == "A tag '${tmp_result_arr[name]}' already exists" ]; then
+          echo "Tag already exists, nothing to do"
+        else
+          echo "FATAL  Error during creation of tag: $(echo $curl_result | jq -r '.message')"
+          exit 9
+        fi
+
+
+      # TAGS 2 DOCUMENTS
+      elif [ "$mode" == "documents_document_tags" ]; then
+        echo "Tag \"${tag2name[${tmp_result_arr[tag_id]}]}\" (id: ${tmp_result_arr[tag_id]}) for \"${doc2name[${tmp_result_arr[document_id]}]}\" (id: ${tmp_result_arr[document_id]})"
+        printf "%${#len_resultset}s" " "; printf "           "
+
+        #link tags to documents
+        curl_call "curl -s -X PUT '$ds_url/api/v1/sec/item/${pl2ds_id[${tmp_result_arr[document_id]}]}/taglink' -H 'X-Docspell-Auth: $ds_token' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{\"items\":[\"${tag2name[${tmp_result_arr[tag_id]}]}\"]}'"
+
+        curl_status=$(echo $curl_result | jq -r ".success")
+        if [ "$curl_status" == "true" ]; then
+          echo '...applied'
+        else
+          echo "Failed to link tag \"${tmp_result_arr[tag_id]}\" (doc_id: ${pl2ds_id[${tmp_result_arr[document_id]}]})"
+        fi
+      fi
+
+  done
+done
+
+echo ################# DONE #################
+date