Optimized Directory and File Processing Functions

📅 2025-02-12 — Session: Optimized Directory and File Processing Functions

🕒 00:30–04:20
🏷️ Labels: Python, Code Optimization, Error Handling, File Management, Automation
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM

Session Goal

The primary goal of this session was to enhance the efficiency and reliability of directory and file processing functions within a Python-based automation system.

Key Activities

• Optimized trigger_processing() Function: Improved the function to process only pending files, skip processing when none are pending, and clear the list of pending files post-processing.
• Implemented File Deletion Handling: Developed a method to manage file deletions in the DirectoryProcessor, ensuring that deleted files are removed from the index and metadata.
• Resolved FileNotFoundError in Watchdog Monitoring: Addressed a ‘FileNotFoundError’ by ensuring monitored directories exist and improving error handling.
• Analyzed Directory Processing: Conducted a run analysis, identified successes, issues, and suggested improvements for indexing and chunking.
• Fixed JSON Splitting Error: Conducted root cause analysis and fixed an IndexError in the chunk_files function.
• Enhanced Text Extraction from Jupyter Notebooks: Improved the extract_text() function with better JSON parsing and error handling.
• Improved File Processing: Identified and fixed issues in processing Jupyter Notebooks and HTML parsing.
• Updated scan_directory Function: Enhanced the function to ignore specific file extensions and directories.
• Organized Directories into Workflow Groups: Structured directories into workflow groups with specific ingestion settings.

Achievements

• Enhanced processing efficiency and error handling across multiple functions.
• Improved organization and management of directories and files.

Pending Tasks

• Further testing of newly implemented features to ensure robustness.
• Continuous monitoring for any emerging issues.