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NilsRo / OctoPrint-SlicerEstimator

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Any way to support parsing of files at print time, not upload time? #48

Closed cmlad closed 2 years ago

cmlad commented 2 years ago

I sync my Gcode files via Syncthing to OctoPrint, rather than uploading through the UI. Is there a way to make Slicer Estimator optionally do the estimation at print start? Or have a background process that looks at all Gcode files? Or maybe use the plugin functionality?

I can make a PR if you are ok with this.

NilsRo commented 2 years ago

Are you doing this with help of a OctoPrint Plugin? I attaches to the official API so then it should be changed in the sync plugin to use it also. Or do you 'copy' it to a folder with that sync?

The files are changed during API call so I have to check if it is supported officially to change it later.

cmlad commented 2 years ago

Thanks for the fast response.

I use SyncThing directly as I couldn't find a plugin for it. It just copies files into the upload folder of OctoPrint.

Let me look into this on my own more as well - I didn't realize files are changed, but I ran a test and see what happens. I can probably write a plugin that monitors files and simulates re-uploading if there is no metadata.

NilsRo commented 2 years ago

You can take a look here: https://community.octoprint.org/t/what-folder-holds-uploaded-files/6517/6

cmlad commented 2 years ago

Thanks, that's a great pointer. Let me close and I will figure it out.