findersel

Get selected files from macOS Finder and use them programatically within your Python program.

Installation

$ pip install findersel

Usage

Select some files on Finder:

And get the selected files:

>>> import findersel

>>> list(findersel.get_selected_files())
['/Users/sdelquin/findersel/LICENSE',
 '/Users/sdelquin/findersel/Makefile',
 '/Users/sdelquin/findersel/README.md',
 '/Users/sdelquin/findersel/requirements.txt',
 '/Users/sdelquin/findersel/setup.cfg',
 '/Users/sdelquin/findersel/setup.py']

Note than the function returns a generator.

You can get the selected files ordered by name with:

>>> import findersel

>>> list(findersel.get_selected_files(sort=True))
['/Users/sdelquin/findersel/Makefile',
 '/Users/sdelquin/findersel/README.md',
 '/Users/sdelquin/findersel/requirements.txt',
 '/Users/sdelquin/findersel/setup.cfg',
 '/Users/sdelquin/findersel/setup.py',
 '/Users/sdelquin/findersel/LICENSE']

Changelog

0.1.4	15/02/2023

• Fix documentation.

0.1.3	15/02/2023

• Add parameter to sort files.

0.1.2	20/06/2021

• Get rid of prettyconf external dependency.

0.1.1	20/06/2021

• Add documentation.
• Fix bug when no files are selected.

0.1.0	20/06/2021

• Add initial code.

License

MIT