Tagging based on file type

[rsmuc]

I use Paperless now for some month and have about 4000 files in it. I also started to archive my (Libre)Office documents in Paperless NG. So my workflow is: I write a document (e.g. formal letter) in LibreOffice, create a PDF out of it and send the letter via mail. Afterwards I want to archive the original (Libre Office document) and the PDF file I have sent.

I upload the PDF, that I have sent and the Office document to Paperless-NG. I want to keep the Office file to use it again as template. Everything perfect ... But in Paperless NG it's now impossible to distinguish between the PDF and the LibreOffice document in the "Inbox". I have to manually check with the "Download original" Button, what kind of file it is, and then manually add the tag "Office document".

Is there a way to improve the (tagging) workflow?

• Tagging based on the file type is not possible.
• Tagging based on the file name (extension) is not possible.
• The file type is not shown in the GUI.
• I want thinking about a post consumption script, that manually adds a tag based on the file extensions and updates the tags via the REST API. That would work, but is a little complicated for 4 or 5 documents per year.

Do you have another idea to get the Libre Office documents tagged automatically?

[rsmuc]

A possible post consumption script could look like this:

#!/usr/bin/env bash

DOCUMENT_ID=${1}
DOCUMENT_FILE_NAME=${2}
DOCUMENT_SOURCE_PATH=${3}
DOCUMENT_THUMBNAIL_PATH=${4}
DOCUMENT_DOWNLOAD_URL=${5}
DOCUMENT_THUMBNAIL_URL=${6}
DOCUMENT_CORRESPONDENT=${7}
DOCUMENT_TAGS=${8}


if [[ "$DOCUMENT_FILE_NAME"  == *.ods ]];
then
    echo "Office document"
    curl -H "Authorization: Token 3a98r9g72f0e9337fdc2f56e0d574685cfef93e7" -X PATCH -d 'document_type=33' http://localhost:8000/api/documents/${DOCUMENT_ID}/
fi

and in the docker-compose.yml:

  webserver:
    environment:
      PAPERLESS_POST_CONSUME_SCRIPT: /usr/src/paperless/consume/post_consume.sh

Works, but it's not sexy.