Add --index-interval for automatic index rebuilds

cmd/index.go

@@ -188,13 +188,17 @@ func (index *fileIndex) Import(path string, errorChannel chan<- error) {
 	}
 }
 
+func rebuildIndex(args []string, index *fileIndex, formats types.Types, encoder *zstd.Encoder, errorChannel chan<- error) {
+	index.clear()
+
+	fileList(args, &filters{}, "", index, formats, encoder, errorChannel)
+}
+
 func serveIndexRebuild(args []string, index *fileIndex, formats types.Types, encoder *zstd.Encoder, errorChannel chan<- error) httprouter.Handle {
 	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, p httprouter.Params) {
 		startTime := time.Now()
 
-		index.clear()
+		rebuildIndex(args, index, formats, encoder, errorChannel)
-
-		fileList(args, &filters{}, "", index, formats, encoder, errorChannel)
 
 		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/plain;charset=UTF-8")
 

cmd/root.go

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	AllowedCharacters string = `^[A-z0-9.\-_]+$`
-	ReleaseVersion    string = "6.3.1"
+	ReleaseVersion    string = "6.4.0"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ var (
 	Images          bool
 	Index           bool
 	IndexFile       string
+	IndexInterval   string
 	Info            bool
 	MaxFileCount    int
 	MinFileCount    int
@@ -136,6 +137,7 @@ func init() {
 	rootCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&Images, "images", false, "enable support for image files")
 	rootCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&Index, "index", false, "generate index of supported file paths at startup")
 	rootCmd.Flags().StringVar(&IndexFile, "index-file", "", "path to optional persistent index file")
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringVar(&IndexInterval, "index-interval", "", "regenerate index after this amount of time")
 	rootCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&Info, "info", "i", false, "expose informational endpoints")
 	rootCmd.Flags().IntVar(&MaxFileCount, "max-file-count", math.MaxInt32, "skip directories with file counts above this value")
 	rootCmd.Flags().IntVar(&MinFileCount, "min-file-count", 0, "skip directories with file counts below this value")

cmd/web.go

@@ -584,10 +584,43 @@ func ServePage(args []string) error {
 
 	mux.GET(Prefix+"/version", serveVersion(errorChannel))
 
+	quit := make(chan struct{})
+
 	if Index {
 		mux.GET(Prefix+AdminPrefix+"/index/rebuild", serveIndexRebuild(args, index, formats, encoder, errorChannel))
 
 		importIndex(paths, index, formats, encoder, errorChannel)
+
+		if IndexInterval != "" {
+			interval, err := time.ParseDuration(IndexInterval)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			ticker := time.NewTicker(interval)
+
+			go func() {
+				for {
+					select {
+					case <-ticker.C:
+						startTime := time.Now()
+
+						rebuildIndex(args, index, formats, encoder, errorChannel)
+
+						if Verbose {
+							fmt.Printf("%s | INDEX: Automatic rebuild took %s\n",
+								startTime.Format(logDate),
+								time.Since(startTime).Round(time.Microsecond),
+							)
+						}
+					case <-quit:
+						ticker.Stop()
+
+						return
+					}
+				}
+			}()
+		}
 	}
 
 	if Info {
@@ -615,5 +648,7 @@ func ServePage(args []string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	close(quit)
+
 	return nil
 }