Using the Python 3 Everything SDK wrapper

[Tank Ersley]

Hi. I've recently gone back to working with Python and ran across Everything.py. I've managed to make a script that takes a comma-separated string, turns it into a regex string and searches Everything.

Is there a way to use Search filters in Everything.py? Either ones that I've added in Everything or a list of extensions?

Also, is there a way to return all files listed in Everything?

I'm looking to do something like getting a list of the most recently downloaded video files.

Any help would be appreciated.

If this is the wrong forum, please let me know where this need to go.

Thanks.

Edited to add: Also, is there a way to get info on files that are highlighted in Everything?

[void]

Everything 1.5 will have support for accessing filters.

For now, please manually include the following in your search:

Audio:

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ext:aac;ac3;aif;aifc;aiff;amr;ape;au;cda;dts;fla;flac;it;m1a;m2a;m3u;m4a;m4b;m4p;mid;midi;mka;mod;mp2;mp3;mpa;mpc;ogg;opus;ra;rmi;snd;spc;voc;wav;weba;wma;xm

Compressed:

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ext:7z;ace;arj;bz2;cab;gz;gzip;jar;r00;r01;r02;r03;r04;r05;r06;r07;r08;r09;r10;r11;r12;r13;r14;r15;r16;r17;r18;r19;r20;r21;r22;r23;r24;r25;r26;r27;r28;r29;rar;tar;tgz;z;zip

Document:

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ext:c;cc;chm;cpp;cs;css;csv;cxx;doc;docm;docx;dot;dotm;dotx;epub;h;hpp;htm;html;hxx;ini;java;js;json;lua;md;mht;mhtml;mobi;odp;ods;odt;pdf;php;potx;potm;ppam;ppsm;ppsx;pps;ppt;pptm;pptx;pub;py;rtf;sldm;sldx;thmx;txt;vsd;wpd;wps;wri;xlam;xls;xlsb;xlsm;xlsx;xltm;xltx;xml;vb

Executable:

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ext:bat;cmd;exe;msi;msp;msu;ps1;scr

Folder:

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folder:

Picture:

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ext:ani;apng;avci;avcs;avif;avifs;bmp;bpg;cur;gif;heic;heics;heif;heifs;hif;ico;jfi;jfif;jif;jpe;jpeg;jpg;pcx;png;psb;psd;rle;svg;tga;tif;tiff;webp;wmf

Video:

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ext:3g2;3gp;3gp2;3gpp;amv;asf;asx;avi;bdmv;bik;d2v;divx;drc;dsa;dsm;dss;dsv;evo;f4v;flc;fli;flic;flv;hdmov;ifo;ivf;m1v;m2p;m2t;m2ts;m2v;m4v;mkv;mp2v;mp4;mp4v;mpe;mpeg;mpg;mpls;mpv2;mpv4;mov;mts;ogm;ogv;pss;pva;qt;ram;ratdvd;rm;rmm;rmvb;roq;rpm;smil;smk;swf;tp;tpr;ts;vob;vp6;webm;wm;wmp;wmv

To get filenames with highlighted search terms, please see Everything_GetResultHighlightedFileName

[Tank Ersley]

This is my query statement.

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Everything.Query(queryString=search_statement, maxResults=max_num_results)

How do I add a sort to the query? I've tried these and none of them work.

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sortOrder=SortOrder.AccessDate
sortOrder="SortOrder.AccessDate"
sortOrder=AccessDate
sortOrder="AccessDate"
sortOrder=23
sortOrder="23"

Also, how do I indicate ascending or descending?

If I have maxresults = 5, will it sort the entire list and then return the first 5 results from the sorted list, or get the first 5 results from the unsorted list and then sort those 5 results?

[Tank Ersley]

I used ChatGPT to help get this to work. Yes, this a total kludge, so I hope someone can suggest a native means of doing this.

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from lib.c_defines import SortType
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q = Everything.Query(queryString=search_statement, maxResults=max_num_results, sortOrder=SortType.EVERYTHING_SORT_DATE_CREATED_DESCENDING)

[void]

For Date Accessed, please try the following:

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Everything.Query("searched.txt", matchingOptions=Everything.QueryStringOptions.WholeWord, sortOrder=SortOrder.AccessDate)

For Date Modified, please try the following:

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Everything.Query("searched.txt", matchingOptions=Everything.QueryStringOptions.WholeWord, sortOrder=SortOrder.ModificationDate)

For Date Created, please try the following:

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Everything.Query("searched.txt", matchingOptions=Everything.QueryStringOptions.WholeWord, sortOrder=SortOrder.CreationDate)

Also, how do I indicate ascending or descending?

They don't appear to be defined in this third party py project.

Please try the following change to Everything.py:

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class SortOrder(enum.IntEnum):
    FilenameAscending = 1
    FilenameDescending = 2
    PathAscending = 3
    PathDescending = 4
    SizeAscending = 5
    SizeDescending = 6
    Extension = 7
    Type = 9
    CreationDateAscending = 11
    CreationDateDescending = 12
    ModificationDateAscending = 13
    ModificationDateDescending = 14
    Attributes = 15
    _FilelistFilename = 17
    _RunCount = 19
    _RecentlyChangedDate = 21
    AccessDateAscending = 23
    AccessDateDescending = 24
    _RunDate = 25

If I have maxresults = 5, will it sort the entire list and then return the first 5 results from the sorted list, or get the first 5 results from the unsorted list and then sort those 5 results?

Everything will do the sort after finding your results.
However, if sorting by a fast sort, the sort is done first. (for example, name, path, size or date modified)
Fast sorts are instant.

[Tank Ersley]

I did the following.

Changes to Everything.py:

Modified the SortOrder class per your suggestion.

Changed this line in the Query class

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sortOrder: SortOrder = SortOrder.Filename

to this.

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sortOrder: SortOrder = SortOrder.FilenameAscending

(I believe this sets the default sort order.)

Changes to my code.

This query statement

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Everything.Query(queryString=search_statement, matchingOptions=Everything.QueryStringOptions.WholeWord, sortOrder=SortOrder.AccessDate)

is now this.

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Everything.Query(queryString=search_statement, matchingOptions=Everything.QueryStringOptions.WholeWord, sortOrder=Everything.SortOrder.AccessDateDescending)

(I needed to add the Everything import to get the SortOrder class to work.)

My code seems to be working correctly.

Thanks for the suggestions.