Get the username(s) from the downloaded video(s) and create a folder for each username. Move the videos of the user(s) into their associated folder(s).

organise-videos.py

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+import os
+import shutil
+
+# Find the files in the current directory.
+current_dir_files = os.listdir()
+
+# Find the path of the current directory.
+current_dir_path = os.getcwd()
+
+# The Instagram videos are in MP4 format.
+video_format = ['mp4']
+
+# Find the MP4 files and save them in a variable called 'filenames'.
+filenames = [filename for filename in current_dir_files if filename.split('.')[-1] in video_format]
+
+# We want a dictionary where the filenames are the keys and the usernames are the values.
+filenames_to_usernames = {}
+
+# Populate the dictionary by going through each filename and removing the undesired characters, leaving just the usernames.
+for filename in filenames:
+    filename_parts = filename.split('_')[1:-3]
+    usernames = '_'.join(filename_parts)
+    filenames_to_usernames[filename] = usernames
+
+# The usernames are the values of the filenames_to_usernames dictionary.
+usernames = filenames_to_usernames.values()
+
+# Make a folder for each username.
+for username in usernames:
+    if not os.path.isdir(username):
+        os.mkdir(username)
+
+# We want a dictionary where the usernames are the keys and the associated folder paths are the keys.
+username_to_folder = {}
+
+# Populate the dictionary.
+for username in usernames:
+    folder_paths = current_dir_path + "\\" + username
+    username_to_folder[username] = folder_paths
+
+# Move the videos into the folders
+for filename, username in filenames_to_usernames.items():
+    shutil.move(filename, username)
+    # Can also do os.rename(filename, '{}/{}'.format(username, filename))
+
+num_videos_moved = len(filenames_to_usernames.keys())
+print("{} videos moved successfully.".format(num_videos_moved))