From 433aafe3651449889a0cfcfef902179a984544e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: CanbiZ <47820557+MickLesk@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2025 14:55:02 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Refactor: Paperless-AI (#9588)

Co-authored-by: Tobias <96661824+CrazyWolf13@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 ct/paperless-ai.sh              | 53 +++++++++------------------------
 install/paperless-ai-install.sh | 31 +++++++++++--------
 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 51 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ct/paperless-ai.sh b/ct/paperless-ai.sh
index 5b5031851c..951e7ef39b 100644
--- a/ct/paperless-ai.sh
+++ b/ct/paperless-ai.sh
@@ -27,58 +27,33 @@ function update_script() {
     msg_error "No ${APP} Installation Found!"
     exit
   fi
-  if ! dpkg -s python3-pip >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-    $STD apt install -y python3-pip
-  fi
-  RELEASE=$(curl -fsSL https://api.github.com/repos/clusterzx/paperless-ai/releases/latest | grep "tag_name" | awk '{print substr($2, 3, length($2)-4) }')
-  if [[ "${RELEASE}" != "$(cat /opt/${APP}_version.txt)" ]] || [[ ! -f /opt/${APP}_version.txt ]]; then
+
+  if check_for_gh_release "paperless-ai" "clusterzx/paperless-ai"; then
     msg_info "Stopping Service"
-    systemctl stop paperless-ai
-    msg_info "Stopped Service"
+    systemctl stop paperless-ai paperless-rag
+    msg_ok "Stopped Service"
 
-    msg_info "Updating $APP to v${RELEASE}"
-    cd /opt
-    mv /opt/paperless-ai /opt/paperless-ai_bak
-    curl -fsSL "https://github.com/clusterzx/paperless-ai/archive/refs/tags/v${RELEASE}.zip" -o $(basename "https://github.com/clusterzx/paperless-ai/archive/refs/tags/v${RELEASE}.zip")
-    $STD unzip v${RELEASE}.zip
-    mv paperless-ai-${RELEASE} /opt/paperless-ai
-    mkdir -p /opt/paperless-ai/data
-    cp -a /opt/paperless-ai_bak/data/. /opt/paperless-ai/data/
+    fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "paperless-ai" "clusterzx/paperless-ai"
+
+    msg_info "Updating Paperless-AI"
     cd /opt/paperless-ai
-    if [[ ! -f /etc/systemd/system/paperless-rag.service ]]; then
-      cat <<EOF >/etc/systemd/system/paperless-rag.service
-[Unit]
-Description=PaperlessAI-RAG Service
-After=network.target
-
-[Service]
-WorkingDirectory=/opt/paperless-ai
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 main.py --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000 --initialize
-Restart=always
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=multi-user.target
-EOF
-      echo "RAG_SERVICE_URL=http://localhost:8000" >>/opt/paperless-ai/data/.env
-      echo "RAG_SERVICE_ENABLED=true" >>/opt/paperless-ai/data/.env
-    fi
+    source /opt/paperless-ai/venv/bin/activate
+    $STD pip install --upgrade pip
     $STD pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
     mkdir -p data/chromadb
-    $STD npm install
-    rm -rf /opt/v${RELEASE}.zip
-    rm -rf /opt/paperless-ai_bak
-    echo "${RELEASE}" >/opt/${APP}_version.txt
-    msg_ok "Updated $APP to v${RELEASE}"
+    $STD npm ci --only=production
+    msg_ok "Updated Paperless-AI"
 
     msg_info "Starting Service"
+    systemctl start paperless-rag
+    sleep 3
     systemctl start paperless-ai
     msg_ok "Started Service"
     msg_ok "Updated successfully!"
-  else
-    msg_ok "No update required. ${APP} is already at v${RELEASE}"
   fi
   exit
 }
+
 start
 build_container
 description
diff --git a/install/paperless-ai-install.sh b/install/paperless-ai-install.sh
index d382c1c00e..0d53d632fc 100644
--- a/install/paperless-ai-install.sh
+++ b/install/paperless-ai-install.sh
@@ -20,21 +20,27 @@ msg_ok "Installed Dependencies"
 
 msg_info "Installing Python3"
 $STD apt install -y \
-  python3-pip
+  python3-pip \
+  python3-dev \
+  python3-venv
+mkdir -p ~/.config/pip
+cat >~/.config/pip/pip.conf <<EOF
+[global]
+break-system-packages = true
+EOF
 msg_ok "Installed Python3"
 
-setup_nodejs
+NODE_VERSION="22" setup_nodejs
+fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "paperless-ai" "clusterzx/paperless-ai"
 
 msg_info "Setup Paperless-AI"
-cd /opt
-RELEASE=$(curl -fsSL https://api.github.com/repos/clusterzx/paperless-ai/releases/latest | grep "tag_name" | awk '{print substr($2, 3, length($2)-4) }')
-curl -fsSL "https://github.com/clusterzx/paperless-ai/archive/refs/tags/v${RELEASE}.zip" -o "v${RELEASE}.zip"
-$STD unzip v${RELEASE}.zip
-mv paperless-ai-${RELEASE} /opt/paperless-ai
 cd /opt/paperless-ai
+$STD python3 -m venv /opt/paperless-ai/venv
+source /opt/paperless-ai/venv/bin/activate
+$STD pip install --upgrade pip
 $STD pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
 mkdir -p data/chromadb
-$STD npm install
+$STD npm ci --only=production
 mkdir -p /opt/paperless-ai/data
 cat <<EOF >/opt/paperless-ai/data/.env
 PAPERLESS_API_URL=
@@ -61,8 +67,6 @@ CUSTOM_MODEL=
 RAG_SERVICE_URL=http://localhost:8000
 RAG_SERVICE_ENABLED=true
 EOF
-rm -rf v${RELEASE}.zip
-echo "${RELEASE}" >"/opt/${APPLICATION}_version.txt"
 msg_ok "Setup Paperless-AI"
 
 msg_info "Creating Service"
@@ -74,7 +78,9 @@ Requires=paperless-rag.service
 
 [Service]
 WorkingDirectory=/opt/paperless-ai
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/npm start
+Environment="NODE_ENV=production"
+EnvironmentFile=/opt/paperless-ai/data/.env
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/node server.js
 Restart=always
 
 [Install]
@@ -88,7 +94,8 @@ After=network.target
 
 [Service]
 WorkingDirectory=/opt/paperless-ai
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/python3 main.py --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000 --initialize
+EnvironmentFile=/opt/paperless-ai/data/.env
+ExecStart=/opt/paperless-ai/venv/bin/python3 main.py --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000 --initialize
 Restart=always
 
 [Install]