Add batch mode, but it's untested.

SearchBox-CLI/Program.cs

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ namespace SearchBoxCLI
 
 	class MainClass {
 		private static OperatingModes Mode = OperatingModes.Query;
+		private static bool Batch = false;
 		private static string Name = string.Empty;
 		private static IEnumerable<string> Tags;
 		private static string SearchIndexFilepath = string.Empty;
@@ -52,6 +53,10 @@ namespace SearchBoxCLI
 						Name = Name.Length > 0 ? Name : sourceFilename;
 						break;
 
+					case "batch":
+						Batch = true;
+						break;
+
 					case "old-source":
 						SourceOld = new StreamReader(args[++i]);
 						break;
@@ -62,7 +67,7 @@ namespace SearchBoxCLI
 						break;
 
 					case "tags":
-						Tags = Regex.Split(args[++i], @",\s+");
+						Tags = Regex.Split(args[++i], @",\s*");
 						break;
 
 					case "n":
@@ -118,6 +123,7 @@ namespace SearchBoxCLI
 			Console.WriteLine("    --name, -n      Sets the name of the source document {add, remove}");
 			Console.WriteLine("    --index         Specifies the location of the search index to use {add, remove, update}");
 			Console.WriteLine("    --tags          Sets the tags to associate with the document. {add, update}");
+			Console.WriteLine("    --batch         Enters a mode where the operations to process are specified via the source (by default stdin; change with --source as usual) - one per line in the format \"{filename}|{name}|{tags}\" {add}");
 			Console.WriteLine();
 			Console.WriteLine("Examples:");
 			Console.WriteLine("    cat books/complex_knots.txt | ./SearchBox.exe add --name \"Complex Knots: How to do and undo them\"");
@@ -127,11 +133,13 @@ namespace SearchBoxCLI
 
 		private static int HandleAdd()
 		{
-			if (Name == string.Empty) {
+			if (Name == string.Empty && !Batch)
+			{
 				Console.Error.WriteLine("Error: The document name must be specified when reading from stdin!");
 				return 1;
 			}
-			if (SearchIndexFilepath == string.Empty) {
+			if (SearchIndexFilepath == string.Empty)
+			{
 				Console.Error.WriteLine("Error: No search index file path specified.");
 				return 1;
 			}
@@ -144,13 +152,36 @@ namespace SearchBoxCLI
 			else
 				searchBox = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<SearchBox>(File.ReadAllText(SearchIndexFilepath));
 
-			searchBox.AddDocument(Name, Tags, Source.ReadToEnd());
+
+			if (!Batch)
+				searchBox.AddDocument(Name, Tags, Source.ReadToEnd());
+			else {
+				string nextLine = "";
+				while ((nextLine = Source.ReadLine()) != null) {
+					string[] parts = nextLine.Split('|');
+					try {
+						searchBox.AddDocument(
+							parts[0].Trim(),
+							Regex.Split(parts[1], @",\s*"),
+							File.ReadAllText(parts[2].Trim())
+						);
+						Console.Error.WriteLine($"[Searchbox] [add] {parts[0].Trim()}");
+					} catch (FileNotFoundException) {
+						Console.Error.WriteLine($"Error: Can't find file {parts[2].Trim()}.");
+						return 1;
+					}
+				}
+			}
 
 			File.WriteAllText(SearchIndexFilepath, JsonConvert.SerializeObject(searchBox));
 
+			Console.Error.WriteLine($"[Searchbox] [add] {Name} -> {SearchIndexFilepath}");
+
 			return 0;
 		}
 
+
+
 		private static int HandleRemove()
 		{
 			if (Name == string.Empty) {
@@ -169,6 +200,8 @@ namespace SearchBoxCLI
 
 			File.WriteAllText(SearchIndexFilepath, JsonConvert.SerializeObject(searchBox));
 
+			Console.Error.WriteLine($"[Searchbox] [remove] {Name} <- {SearchIndexFilepath}");
+
 			return 0;
 		}