Given that views.py would be part of the release code, it will reside in the read-only section of the app package and can't be edited on Cloudron. I guess we have to wait until upstream has merged this and made a new release with it. If you just want to test this, you could enable debug mode of the app https://docs.cloudron.io/packaging/cheat-sheet/#debugging which allows to temporarily change such files, however this is a bit more involved and will not be persistent.

Super helpful! Thank you!

@girish I thought that you could run the command without first cd'ing into the src directory but when running it again today I found out that was incorrect.

I have edited my post above to first include cd src and then python3 manage.py document_retagger -T.

Could you please update the documentation as what I originally posted doesn't work for some reason, python throws an exception if you don't cd first?

Thanks for reporting this. The docs link in the manifest file was outdated due to the move to paperless-ngx. The link is https://docs.cloudron.io/apps/paperless-ngx/ and will be fixed with the next app release.

@timconsidine ah, good job narrowing it down! maybe you can report it upstream with the problematic pdf.

Very cool - time to play with this little gem I think.

This issue can be closed now. The document_exporter and document_importer commands are working well. I just had to define paths correctly in the container.

@nebulon thank you

@FeelNiceInc in terms of security vulnerability of the system, I trust in the open source community review and collaborative effort. Of course, there is always a risk. But I tend to trust open source solution more than a proprietary one.
You could set up a small Cloudron box or docker box at home if this is a concern for you, and if you're remote from it, use VPN and IP black-list / white-list.

I use Bitarden (vaultwarden) and trust that. OK, data is encrypted there. I haven't checked about Paperless and encryption. Must go and do that out of interest.

EDIT : there used to be support for encryption https://paperless-ng.readthedocs.io/en/latest/administration.html#enabling-encryption. But it is deprecated and not advised for reasons explained.

@doodlemania2 thank you for sharing your experience. Since I started to add all personal documents, I wanted to be sure that things will work as intended. Love Cloudron, it's amazing!

@girish all good, thank you.

Sorry, had to run the command as python3. Mark this as resolved!