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Create direct file object in python

I have images in 100 folders and the search results are slow, so I want to access those images, so maybe I wanna do it with python(if it is faster), in the way that when we select all the files, and drag and drop them in windows. then I realized that drag and drop in windows uses Component Object Model this source.
So I want to know is there any way in python to have COMs of the image files in those 100 folders in the same place (a specific folder)? or in other words can we create COMs of other files, (equivalent of shortcuts), cause I know shortcuts for my purpose won't work.
The question in general is about how to access direct handles or COMs of files of different folders in one folder? if it's possible, please tell me how? to be simpler I want to have similar function of file shortcuts but not 'shortcuts' existing in windows, because for my purpose 'shortcuts' won't work, so I think it can be done with COMs.
tkinter equivalent question:
let me ask my question in other way, lets think I want to make a windows file search application in python with some library like tkinter, so one background part of my code finds the file paths of desired search results, and other part in gui('gui part'): wants to show the result files with ability of opening files from that gui or drag files from gui to other folder or applications, so how should I do the 'gui part'?
this tutorial suggested by #Thingamabobs is about getting external files into window(gui) of app, but I want the opposite, I mean having file handles to open, something like windows explorer
My question maybe wrong in case of misunderstanding the concept of COMs, so please provide me more relevant sources of use case of mine. finally if the title seems to be unsuitable, feel free to change it.

Based on an interpretation of the question, the following is an initial summary approach to a solution.
"""
This module will enable easy access to files spread across 100 plus
directories. A file should be as easy to open as clicking on a link.
Analysis:
Will any files be duplicated in any other directory? Do not know.
Will any file name be the same as another file in a different directory? Do
not know.
Initial design in pseudocode:
> Capture absolute path to each file in each directory.
> Store files information in python data structure
> for instance a list of tuples <path>,<filename>
> Once a data structure is determined use Tkinter, ttk.treeview to open a
file as easy as clicking on a link in the tree.
"""

Using symbolic links to organize data without actually changing locations?

So I'm building a pipeline that is not going into a real production environment. Basically, I have some data in a defined folder structure, and I want to access it from different stages in my pipeline. Right now, data is ordered kind of like this
.../data/03-14-2019/unprocessed/raw/student_id_12345-raw.csv
or
.../data/05-04-2020/processed/position/student_id_1234345-position.csv
Now, I wrote a modular pipeline that looks in a folder and runs the pipeline all the .csv files in all the contained directories. If I point it at .../data/03-14-2019/unprocessed/raw/ then my pipeline will process all of the raw data for every student. I built this under the assumption that we were going to rename all the files to a more manageable schema, but things may have changed. My question is this: Using the os.link() functionality in python3, would it be possible to make an alternate filepath system that includes what I want? For example, one way I may want to go through files might be:
.../data/unprocessed/student_id_12345/2019/03/14/raw/student_id_12345-raw.csv
or maybe
.../data/unprocessed/raw/2019/03/14/student_id_12345/student_id_12345-raw.csv
depending on if I want to process a certain batch of students or only raw data from a certain day. I remember using a batch renaming tool as part of either Total Commander or Nautilus, but I don't remember if it could do symbolic links. Basically, I want to use symbolic links to build a directory structure on top of an existing structure.
I was going to try implementing this, but I figured I should check if anyone has already done this or there were already solutions before I started, as well as maybe some suggestions of where to start. Thanks!

List Sharepoint directory contents using AD authentication and python

So I trying to come up with a script to check and report files from my sharepoint according to some criteria. I need however authenticate using the company Active Directory.
I have done some research and all I've found seem far too advanced for what I intend and would prefer not to spend the whole time learning django custom auth. Haufe.sharepoint seems simpler, but I didn't manage to list all folders from a URL with it.
I must confess I don't really understand Sharepoint very much either, though I'm assuming it could behave sorta like a file repository for my purpose. So I will not be offended if someone points out that what I’m trying to do doesn’t make sense.
Anyways, I have an url like http://intranet/sharedir/Archive/Projects/Customer1 and under it many folders containing subfolders and files.
What I want is, given the URL (like the one above), list all directories and files contained. After that I will iterate over the items and apply the rules I’m interested.
If someone could provide some Python code example or reference would be great.

change static some static files location from /static/file.js to /file.js

I've a website running on Django, Heroku.
I need to add few static JavaScript files for a third-party plugin.
My newly added files are available at domain.com/static/filename.js.
I need them to be available at domain.com/filename.js.
How to make ONLY the newly added Javascript files available at domain.com/filename.js?
If the info is not sufficient please ask which code is needed in the comments.

My first choice in this situation would be to fix whatever is stopping you from putting it into /static/. I can't imagine any half-decent third-party plugin would demand that the files be in the root; there must be some way to configure it to work from a subdirectory. If there isn't, I'd fork the project and add the option, then try to get them to merge it back. I realise you've probably already explored this option, but can you give us some more details about the plugin you're trying to use, and the reason it needs to go into the root? This really would be the best solution.
If you really must have the file in the root, and want to keep it as part of your django project, I'd try symlinking the files into the public root. This would mean it would be available in both locations; I can't see why that would be a problem, but you do specify "ONLY" in the root and I'm sure you have your reasons; in that case, perhaps you could configure your web server to redirect from /static/filename.js to /filename.js?
Lastly, you technically could change the settings STATIC_URL and STATIC_ROOT to point at the root directory, but that sounds like a pretty terrible idea to me. If you've got this far and still need to do it, it would be far better to take the file out of your django project altogether and just manually place it in your web root.

If there are only a couple of these files, I guess you could do the following:
Create URLs for each of the files you want to serve
Hook those URLs up to a view that returns the file with the right content
refer to this snippet for an example view

Manage #TODO (lots of files) with VIM

I use VIM/GVIM to develop my python projects and I randomly I leave #TODO comments in my code.
Is there any way to manage (search, list and link) all the #TODO occurrences inside VIM? I tried the tasklist plugin, it's almost what I need, but it only lists the current file #TODO occurrences. Generally my projects has some sub-folders and many .py files, so I'd like to find a way to search through all folders and files in the current working directory and list them.

If you just want a list of the occurences of "TODO" in .py files in the working directory, you can just use :vimgrep like so:
:vimgrep TODO **/*.py
Then open the quickfix window with:
:cw
(it might open it automatically anyway, not sure) and just scroll through the results, hitting Enter to go to each occurrence.
For more complicated management, I'd probably recommend setting up an issue tracker.