contrib/auto_snapshot - take a snapshot automatically when opening an image in darkroom

contrib/auto_snapshot.lua

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+--[[
+
+    auto_snapshot.lua - automatically take a snapshot when an image is loaded in darkroom
+
+    Copyright (C) 2024 Bill Ferguson <wpferguson.com>.
+
+    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+]]
+--[[
+    auto_snapshot - 
+
+    automatically take a snapshot when an image is loaded in darkroom
+
+    ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE NEEDED FOR THIS SCRIPT
+    None
+
+    USAGE
+    * start the script from script_manager
+    * open an image in darkroom
+
+    BUGS, COMMENTS, SUGGESTIONS
+    Bill Ferguson <wpferguson.com>
+
+    CHANGES
+]]
+
+local dt = require "darktable"
+local du = require "lib/dtutils"
+
+-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
+-- C O N S T A N T S
+-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
+
+local MODULE <const> = "auto_snapshot"
+local DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL <const> = log.error
+
+-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
+-- A P I  C H E C K
+-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
+
+du.check_min_api_version("7.0.0", MODULE)   -- choose the minimum version that contains the features you need
+
+
+-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+-- I 1 8 N
+-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+
+local gettext = dt.gettext.gettext
+
+dt.gettext.bindtextdomain(MODULE , dt.configuration.config_dir .. "/lua/locale/")
+
+local function _(msgid)
+    return gettext(MODULE, msgid)
+end
+
+
+-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+-- S C R I P T  M A N A G E R  I N T E G R A T I O N
+-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+
+local script_data = {}
+
+script_data.destroy = nil           -- function to destory the script
+script_data.destroy_method = nil    -- set to hide for libs since we can't destroy them commpletely yet
+script_data.restart = nil           -- how to restart the (lib) script after it's been hidden - i.e. make it visible again
+script_data.show = nil              -- only required for libs since the destroy_method only hides them
+
+script_data.metadata = {
+  name = "auto_snapshot",            -- name of script
+  purpose = _("automatically take a snapshot when an image is loaded in darkroom"),   -- purpose of script
+  author = "Bill Ferguson <wpferguson.com>",          -- your name and optionally e-mail address
+  help = ""                   -- URL to help/documentation
+}
+
+
+-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
+-- L O G  L E V E L
+-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
+
+log.log_level(DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL)
+
+-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
+-- N A M E  S P A C E
+-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
+
+local auto_snapshot = {}
+
+-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
+-- D A R K T A B L E  I N T E G R A T I O N 
+-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
+
+local function destroy()
+  dt.destroy_event(MODULE, "darkroom-image-loaded")
+end
+
+script_data.destroy = destroy
+
+-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
+-- E V E N T S
+-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
+
+dt.register_event(MODULE, "darkroom-image-loaded",
+  function(event, clean, image)
+    if clean then
+      dt.gui.libs.snapshots.take_snapshot()
+    end
+
+  end 
+)
+
+
+return script_data