basic cv2 & PIL based thumbnail generation helper

viewer/helpers.py

@@ -1,60 +1,28 @@
-import mimetypes
-import os
-from typing import List, Tuple
-
-from django.urls import reverse
-
-from viewer.models import ServedDirectory
-
-
-class File:
-    def __init__(self, head, tail):
-        self.filename = head
-        self.fullpath = os.path.join(tail, head)
-        self.mediatype = self.get_mediatype()
-
-    def get_url(self, directory: ServedDirectory) -> str:
-        return reverse('file', args=(directory.id, self.filename))
-
-    def get_mediatype(self) -> str:
-        """Simple media type categorization based on the given mimetype"""
-        if os.path.exists(self.fullpath):
-            if os.path.isdir(self.fullpath):
-                return 'folder'
-            mimetype = mimetypes.guess_type(self.filename)[0]
-            if mimetype is not None:
-                if mimetype.startswith('image'):
-                    return 'image'
-                elif mimetype.startswith('video'):
-                    return 'video'
-            return 'file'
-        return 'unknown'
-
-    def __str__(self) -> str:
-        return self.filename
-
-
-def extra_listdir(path: str) -> List[File]:
 """
-    Helper function used for identifying file media type for every file in a given directory, extending os.listdir
+helpers.py
 
-    :param path: The path to the directory.
+Contains helper functions used as refactored shortcuts or in order to separate code for readability.
-    :return: A list of tuples, each containing two strings, the file or directory name, and the media type.
 """
-    files = []
+import cv2
-    for file in os.listdir(path):
+from PIL import Image
-        files.append(File(file, path))
-    return files
 
 
-def get_all_mediatype(head: str, tail: str) -> str:
+def generate_thumbnail(path: str, output_path: str) -> None:
     """
-    A extra media type function supporting directories on top of files.
+    Helper function which completes the process of generating thumbnails for both pictures and videos.
 
-    :param head: The head of the path, usually the directory name or filename at the very end.
+    :param path: The absolute path to the file.
-    :param tail: The rest of the path, everything that comes before the head.
+    :param output_path: The absolute path to the intended output thumbnail file.
-    :return: A media type in string form.
     """
-    if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(tail, head)):
+    vidcap = cv2.VideoCapture(path)
-        return get_file_mediatype(head)
+    success, image = vidcap.read()
-    return "folder"
+    if success:
+        img = cv2.cvtColor(image, cv2.COLOR_BGR2RGB)
+        im_pil = Image.fromarray(img)
+
+        # Resize, crop, thumbnail
+        im_pil.thumbnail((300, 300))
+        # im_pil.crop((0, 0, 200, 66))
+        # im_pil.resize((200, 66))
+
+        im_pil.save(output_path)