Application Name: PR PDF Explorer

Overview: Support for Docker image of PRPDF

Docker Hub: https://hub.docker.com/repository/docker/knex666/prpdf

GitHub: https://github.com/maschhoff/prpdf

 

This tool is for Preview and Rename scanned PDF-Documents. Rulebased autoscan with OCR. Merge etc. 
 Its an open beta that I am testing on. 
 Please add a scan source folder 
 and a folder where your files shoud be sorted and archived into the subfolders existing there
 Any Issus report on github.

 

IMPORTANT:

Please let the "post arguments" blank, as the latest docker image includes a runnable start command

Edited November 7, 20223 yr by knex666

Hi,

 

kannst du eine Funktion einbauen um die Dokumente automatisch zu rotieren/drehen?

any chance to include an autorotate-function?

This is really neat, exactly what I am looking for. Can this thread be moved to Docker Containers? 

 

Also, can you set the network type and port in the CA apps template? I can obviously set them but it would be nice for newer users. Bridge probably makes the most sense as the default type. 

 

Also it might help to rename the folders, its a little confusing. Maybe a consume/import folder and a data repository, storage folder? 

Edited July 15, 20223 yr by kri kri

17 minutes ago, kri kri said:

Can this thread be moved to Docker Containers?

Ok.

On 5/20/2022 at 11:44 AM, Masterofdwc said:

Hi,

 

kannst du eine Funktion einbauen um die Dokumente automatisch zu rotieren/drehen?

any chance to include an autorotate-function?

 I´ve added that as enhacement and I will implement it soon.

https://github.com/maschhoff/prpdf/issues/10

On 7/15/2022 at 10:40 PM, kri kri said:

This is really neat, exactly what I am looking for. Can this thread be moved to Docker Containers? 

 

Thank you so much for your feedback!

 

On 7/15/2022 at 10:40 PM, kri kri said:

 

Also, can you set the network type and port in the CA apps template? I can obviously set them but it would be nice for newer users. Bridge probably makes the most sense as the default type. 

 

Good idea, I will update the template with the next release

 

On 7/15/2022 at 10:40 PM, kri kri said:

 

Also it might help to rename the folders, its a little confusing. Maybe a consume/import folder and a data repository, storage folder? 

 

You mean the folder / folder description of the docker template?

or instead of a root and a scan folder a import and a repository folder?

maybe a screenshot would help to know what excatly you mean.

I have got a scan folder and an archive folder, the archive folder is a already existing folder with subfolders.

 

Cheers

Thanks - yeah the folders you are mapping in the container are just a little confusing for me. 

 

Container Path: /Archiv/
Archiv Path: /Archiv/

 

Container Path: /source/static/pdf/
Scan Path: /source/static/pdf/

 

This is personal, but archiv might be better as "Document Repository" or something, and /source might be better as import? 

 

Again, not a huge deal because I understand now, but for new users it might be a bit confusing.

Hey everyone,

 

I have changed the docker image to a slim python image, since it was very large in space.

 

IMPORTANT:

Please let the "post arguments" blank, as the latest docker image includes a runnable start command

 

Please update your config file in order to make autoscan work again.

Folder with full path now

folder and filename are separated with an ; now.

 

/Archiv/Test1/TESTARC;Filename": ["Keyword1"]

 

Example: https://github.com/maschhoff/prpdf/blob/main/config/config.json

Edited November 19, 20223 yr by knex666

Can someone post a screenshot of their config I can't seem to get it to work. I tried custom network, host,  and bridge install it says it's running but can't get to the webui on any port I set. 

Hey.

This app seems to be really nice. But before I try it out, is it further maintained or already eol? ;)

Because the last post in this forum is more than 2 years old.

On 5/28/2025 at 11:19 AM, sylvio2000 said:

Hey.

This app seems to be really nice. But before I try it out, is it further maintained or already eol? ;)

Because the last post in this forum is more than 2 years old.

Hey, the development is ongoing and we have a lot of nice new features. See github for more

How is it possible to change the language to german? My settings look like this and I already restarted the docker app:

{

"port": 80,

"debug": "off",

"lang": "deu",

"updatetime": 1800,

"append_date": true,

"append_random": true,

"enable_update_flag": true,

"index": {

"Foldername/Filename": [

"Keyword1"

],

"Foldername2/Filename": [

"Keyword1",

"Keyword2",

"Keyword3"

]

}

}

I dont understand how the app works, is there a guide?

What I have done so far:

1. I installed PRPDF in unraid and set the import path and the document repository:

   

2. Now I place a pdf in .../Dokumenten-Import

   (First question: Should now something work automatically? Do I have to wait for ocr or anything?)

3. Ok, so I click on "Renew/Import new scan" and my pdf appears and gets instantly moved to a folder .../Dokumenten-Import/unknown ?. But what now? Should it now automatically ocr my document?

   

   4. Now I click on "OCR-scan and set keywords for autoscan". I set the keyword "Zahnarzt", the filename "Zahnarzt.pdf" and click on the checkmark.

      I dont know what should happen now, but it seems that nothing happened? I only get back to the startscreen of prpdf.

   

   What am I doing wrong?

On 10/12/2025 at 12:40 PM, sylvio2000 said:

I dont understand how the app works, is there a guide?

What I have done so far:

1. I installed PRPDF in unraid and set the import path and the document repository:

   

2. Now I place a pdf in .../Dokumenten-Import

   (First question: Should now something work automatically? Do I have to wait for ocr or anything?)

3. Ok, so I click on "Renew/Import new scan" and my pdf appears and gets instantly moved to a folder .../Dokumenten-Import/unknown ?. But what now? Should it now automatically ocr my document?

   

   4. Now I click on "OCR-scan and set keywords for autoscan". I set the keyword "Zahnarzt", the filename "Zahnarzt.pdf" and click on the checkmark.

      I dont know what should happen now, but it seems that nothing happened? I only get back to the startscreen of prpdf.

   

   What am I doing wrong?

Hey silvio,

your setup looks ok and the ocr scanner is setup to ocr german documents. the user interface will not change its language.
So you setup an auto scan rule thats total fine and will work from now on on any document that has "Zahnarzt" in it, i recommend to setup more Keywords to make shure the document is near to equal.
Next step in the project is to use AI for that but we are now far away from that.
Now that the document is not automatticaly transferred to you archiv folder because the autoscan does only work on new documents you just move the document manually to the place where it is rights.
Just hit the blue folder button select the right spot rename the document as you need it and hit the blue check icon.
If the next "Zahnarzt" documents comes in your input folder it will be automatticaly moved to the place the autoscan rule is set up to.

Cheers!

Thanks.

But what I dont understand:

1. At what point the document gets ocr`ed? I now moved the document manually in the archive folder but nothing happens.

2. After I moved the document it hides from the main screen as if it never existed. But how can I work with it now? I cant even use the search field. It finds nothing.

On 11/9/2025 at 1:15 PM, sylvio2000 said:

Thanks.

But what I dont understand:

1. At what point the document gets ocr`ed? I now moved the document manually in the archive folder but nothing happens.

2. After I moved the document it hides from the main screen as if it never existed. But how can I work with it now? I cant even use the search field. It finds nothing.

Aye, okay so PRPDF is just to OCR and move your scanned documents from an input source to the desination folder based on keyword rules.
It is not a DMS like paperless etc.
If you have a folder for you scanned files PRPDF will scan that folder OCR the documents, checks if there are rules to auto transfer them or to move them into an unkown folder.
Files you see in PRPDF are files that are moved to the unknown folder because PRPDF has not found a rule to move them.
Once you moved files to the /Archiv or Subfolders it will not be shown in PRPDF anymore.
Should we add an Archiv Viewer?

Edited November 16, 2025Nov 16 by knex666

An Archive viewer woud be good. Without a viewer how do look for and search inside your pdf files?

I thought that is the purpose of PRPDF to search inside my documents 😄