Create a node for every file with Drupal 7 - drupal-7

Question

I'm trying to create a new node for every file thats in a specific folder using Drupal 7.
A good example of what I'm trying to create is Youtube.
When I paste a video with the .mp4 extension in a specific folder, I want Drupal to scan that folder (I will tell Drupal when to scan, so this doesn't have to happen automatically), and create a node with that video in it. I will manually set the title, description, etc... myself using the admin interface, and publish it.
I know my way around in Drupal, and its modules, but I'm not an expert. I've been googling for awhile now and the only thing I could find was:
file_scan_directory($dir, $mask, $options = array(), $depth = 0)
I'm not asking for a complete copy/paste solution, I was just hoping someone could give me some tips, useful links or tutorials on how to do this.

Answer 1

To create a node for each video file you find in a directory, you can use code similar to the following one.
foreach (file_scan_directory($dir, '*.mp4', array('recurse' => FALSE) as $uri => $info) {
$body_text = 'Build the body text.';
$node = new stdClass();
$node->type = $node_type;
node_object_prepare($node);
$node->title = 'Node Created Programmatically on ' . date('c');
$node->language = LANGUAGE_NONE;
$node->body[$node->language][0]['value'] = $body_text;
$node->body[$node->language][0]['summary'] = text_summary($body_text);
$node->body[$node->language][0]['format'] = 'full_html';
node_save($node);
}