added filesystem.Copy(src, dest)

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 - Added `expiry` field to the OAuth2 user response containing the _optional_ expiration time of the OAuth2 access token ([#3617](https://github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/discussions/3617)).
 
+- Added new `filesystem.Copy(src, dest)` method to copy existing files from one location to another.
+  _This is usually useful when duplicating records with file fields programmatically._
+
 
 ## v0.20.0-rc3
 

tools/filesystem/filesystem.go

@@ -117,6 +117,13 @@ func (s *System) GetFile(fileKey string) (*blob.Reader, error) {
 	return br, nil
 }
 
+// Copy copies the file stored at srcKey to dstKey.
+//
+// If dstKey file already exists, it is overwritten.
+func (s *System) Copy(srcKey, dstKey string) error {
+	return s.bucket.Copy(s.ctx, dstKey, srcKey, nil)
+}
+
 // List returns a flat list with info for all files under the specified prefix.
 func (s *System) List(prefix string) ([]*blob.ListObject, error) {
 	files := []*blob.ListObject{}

tools/filesystem/filesystem_test.go

@@ -429,6 +429,38 @@ func TestFileSystemGetFile(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestFileSystemCopy(t *testing.T) {
+	dir := createTestDir(t)
+	defer os.RemoveAll(dir)
+
+	fs, err := filesystem.NewLocal(dir)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer fs.Close()
+
+	src := "image.png"
+	dst := "image.png_copy"
+
+	// copy missing file
+	if err := fs.Copy(dst, src); err == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected to fail copying %q to %q, got nil", dst, src)
+	}
+
+	// copy existing file
+	if err := fs.Copy(src, dst); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to copy %q to %q: %v", src, dst, err)
+	}
+	f, err := fs.GetFile(dst)
+	defer f.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Missing copied file %q: %v", dst, err)
+	}
+	if f.Size() != 73 {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected file size %d, got %d", 73, f.Size())
+	}
+}
+
 func TestFileSystemList(t *testing.T) {
 	dir := createTestDir(t)
 	defer os.RemoveAll(dir)