Import images from hotfolder to image library

This Action Map imports images from a Windows hotfolder to a Perfion image library and moves imported images to another Windows folder.

This example is provided as inspiration only. It must be adapted to your Perfion environment to work. Perfion Support does not assist with such adaptations. Please contact your Perfion Partner or your Perfion consultant if you need assistance.

Action Map

All lines containing a Command are created as virtuals. This is a recommended best practice
Images are imported from a Windows folder called ..\Hotfolder\ImageDatabase. You must create this folder manually
Images are imported to a feature called ImageDatabase. This is a selectable image feature
Image file names are used as keys in import file. This means that a new image in the Windows folder with a file name identical to an existing image in Perfion will overwrite the existing image.
The script linked to Name/FileName checks if file to import is actually an image file
The File.Move script moves imported images to a Windows folder called ..\Hotfolder\ImageDatabase\Imported. You must create this folder manually
Supported image formats: BMP, GIF, JPG/JPEG, PNG, TIFF/TIF, EPS, PSD, PDF, SVG, WEBP, AVIF

Sample data for building Action Map

NOTE: Line breaks are omitted if you paste scripts from the table below directly to an action. In stead, paste script to Notepad++ and then copy from there. That will preserve line breaks when you paste into an action.

Action Map - From	To	Command	Action	Script	Note
c:\Perfion Data\ActionSources\Hotfolder\ImageDatabase	Files	GET.FILELIST
Files	Images	SELECT
Name	FileName			string extension = "" + V["Extension"]; bool isImage = Perfion.IsSupportedImageFormat( extension ); Validate.SkipItem( !isImage, "File '{FileName}.{Extension}' is not an image" );
FilePath	_Value
Images	ImageDatabase	IMPORT
Files	Move	SELECT
Name				File.Move( Make("{FilePath}") ,Make( @"C:\Perfion Data\ActionSources\Hotfolder\ImageDatabase\Imported\{Name}.{Extension}" ) );