docex 2.0

A robust, lightweight, and developer friendly document management and transport system for Python

DocFlow

DocFlow is a robust, extensible document management and transport system for Python. It supports multiple storage backends, metadata management, and operation tracking, with a unified API for local, SFTP, HTTP, and other protocols.

Features

• 📁 Document storage and metadata management
• 🔄 Transport layer with pluggable protocols (local, SFTP, HTTP, etc.)
• 🛣️ Configurable transport routes and routing rules
• 📝 Operation and audit tracking
• 🧩 Extensible architecture for new protocols and workflows

Installation

Install from PyPI:

pip install pydocflow

If you want to use PDF processing features (e.g., custom PDF processors), also install:

pip install pdfminer.six

Quick Start

Before using DocFlow in your code, you must initialize the system using the CLI:

# Run this once to set up configuration and database
$ docflow init

Then you can use the Python API (minimal example):

from docflow import DocFlow
from pathlib import Path

# Create DocFlow instance (will check initialization internally)
docflow = DocFlow()

# Create a basket
basket = docflow.basket('mybasket')

# Create a simple text file
hello_file = Path('hello.txt')
hello_file.write_text('Hello scos.ai!')

# Add the document to the basket
doc = basket.add(str(hello_file))

# Print document details
print(doc.get_details())

hello_file.unlink()

Additional examples can be found in examples/ folder.

Configuration

Configure routes and storage in default_config.yaml:

transport_config:
  routes:
    - name: local_backup
      purpose: backup
      protocol: local
      config:
        type: local
        name: local_backup_transport
        base_path: /path/to/backup
        create_dirs: true
      can_upload: true
      can_download: true
      enabled: true
  default_route: local_backup

Documentation

• Developer Guide
• Design Document

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

License

MIT License