scan-test.py

from pathlib import Path
import requests

#scan_dir = '/Users/Jason/Projects/mediamanager'
scan_dir = '/mnt/media/Movie/'
#scan_dir = '/mnt/media/Movie/Return of the Living Dead- Rave to the Grave (2005)/'

target_uri = "http://localhost:8000/ffmpeg/getMediaInfo"

valid_extensions = [
    '.mp4',
    '.m4v',
    '.avi',
    '.mpg',
    '.mpeg',
    '.mkv',
    '.wmv',
    '.mov',
    '.divx',
    '.MP4'
]

haveIOError = False

def try_loop(g):
    while True:
        try:
            for extension in valid_extensions:
                if str(file.suffix) == extension:
                    print(file)
                    filePath = str(file)
                    post_data = {"target": filePath}
            
                    response = requests.get(target_uri, data = post_data)
            
                    try:   
                        print(response.json())
                    except:
                        continue
            yield next(g)
        except StopIteration:
            #This has to be break or the loop will never exit
            break
        except Exception as e:
            print(e)
            continue
        except OSError as e:
            print(e)
            continue
        except IOError as e:
            print(e)
            haveIOError = True
            continue

for file in try_loop(Path(scan_dir).glob('**/*.*')):
    pass