fetch-version-from-uuid-archive

#!/bin/bash

# Given a single file,
# If it has an exif UUID value,
# Retrieve a uuid-named version from storage.
# so:
# If a gif knows the uuid of its original webp file
# return the path of that.

UUID_ARCHIVE_PATH=${UUID_ARCHIVE_PATH:-~/Downloads/webp_archive}

source_file="$1"

# Check if the source file exists
if [ ! -f "$source_file" ]; then
  echo "Source file not found: $source_file" >&2
  exit 1
fi

# Generate the target file name
uuid=$(exiftool -s -S -UUID "${source_file}")
# name_only=$(basename "${1%.*}");

function find_best_matching_filename {
  find "$UUID_ARCHIVE_PATH" -name "${1}.*" | head -1;
}

target_file=$(find_best_matching_filename "$uuid")

if [ ! -z "$target_file" ]; then
  echo "Matching file found at $target_file" >&2
  echo $target_file;
  exit 0;
fi;

echo "No file matching key $uuid found in $UUID_ARCHIVE_PATH" >&2
exit 1;