Fix s3 source

Cargo.lock

@@ -2574,6 +2574,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pdfium-render",
  "pile-config",
  "pile-flac",
+ "regex",
  "serde_json",
  "smartstring",
  "tokio",

Cargo.toml

@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ mime = "0.3.17"
 mime_guess = "2.0.5"
 paste = "1.0.15"
 smartstring = "1.0.1"
+regex = "1"
 chrono = "0.4.43"
 parking_lot = "0.12.5"
 rayon = "1.11.0"

crates/pile-config/src/objectpath/mod.rs

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use std::{fmt, str::FromStr};
 
 use serde::{
-	Deserialize, Deserializer,
+	Deserialize, Deserializer, Serialize, Serializer,
 	de::{self, Visitor},
 };
 use smartstring::{LazyCompact, SmartString};
@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@ pub enum PathSegment {
 
 	/// Go to an element of the current list
 	Index(i64),
+
+	/// Go to a slice of the current list
+	Range {
+		start: i64,
+		end: i64,
+		inclusive: bool,
+	},
 }
 
 /// A path to aPathSegment::Field inside a nested object,
@@ -63,6 +70,39 @@ pub struct ObjectPath {
 	pub segments: Vec<PathSegment>,
 }
 
+impl fmt::Display for ObjectPath {
+	fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+		for seg in &self.segments {
+			match seg {
+				PathSegment::Root => write!(f, "$")?,
+				PathSegment::Field { name, args: None } => write!(f, ".{name}")?,
+				PathSegment::Field {
+					name,
+					args: Some(a),
+				} => write!(f, ".{name}({a})")?,
+				PathSegment::Index(i) => write!(f, "[{i}]")?,
+				PathSegment::Range {
+					start,
+					end,
+					inclusive: false,
+				} => write!(f, "[{start}..{end}]")?,
+				PathSegment::Range {
+					start,
+					end,
+					inclusive: true,
+				} => write!(f, "[{start}..={end}]")?,
+			}
+		}
+		Ok(())
+	}
+}
+
+impl Serialize for ObjectPath {
+	fn serialize<S: Serializer>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error> {
+		serializer.serialize_str(&self.to_string())
+	}
+}
+
 impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for ObjectPath {
 	fn deserialize<D: Deserializer<'de>>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error> {
 		struct PathVisitor;

crates/pile-config/src/objectpath/parser.rs

@@ -87,6 +87,15 @@ enum State {
 	/// We are indexing an array, waiting for a number
 	Index,
 
+	/// We parsed the start index, waiting for `]` or the first `.` of `..`
+	IndexAfterStart(i64),
+
+	/// We saw one `.` after the start index, waiting for the second `.`
+	IndexRangeDot1(i64),
+
+	/// We saw `..`, waiting for the end index (optionally prefixed with `=`)
+	IndexRangeDot2(i64),
+
 	/// We are indexing an array, waiting for a close-bracket
 	IndexClose,
 }
@@ -164,8 +173,7 @@ impl Parser {
 						}
 					})?;
 
-					self.segments.push(PathSegment::Index(idx));
-					self.state = State::IndexClose;
+					self.state = State::IndexAfterStart(idx);
 				}
 
 				(State::Index, (p, Token::Root))
@@ -175,6 +183,49 @@ impl Parser {
 					return Err(PathParseError::Syntax { position: *p });
 				}
 
+				(State::IndexAfterStart(idx), (_, Token::SqbClose)) => {
+					self.segments.push(PathSegment::Index(idx));
+					self.state = State::Selected;
+				}
+				(State::IndexAfterStart(idx), (_, Token::Dot)) => {
+					self.state = State::IndexRangeDot1(idx);
+				}
+				(State::IndexAfterStart(_), (p, _)) => {
+					return Err(PathParseError::Syntax { position: *p });
+				}
+
+				(State::IndexRangeDot1(idx), (_, Token::Dot)) => {
+					self.state = State::IndexRangeDot2(idx);
+				}
+				(State::IndexRangeDot1(_), (p, _)) => {
+					return Err(PathParseError::Syntax { position: *p });
+				}
+
+				(State::IndexRangeDot2(start), (p, Token::Ident(ident))) => {
+					let (end_str, inclusive) = if let Some(stripped) = ident.strip_prefix('=') {
+						(stripped, true)
+					} else {
+						(*ident, false)
+					};
+
+					let end: i64 = i64::from_str(end_str).map_err(|_err| {
+						PathParseError::InvalidIndexString {
+							position: *p,
+							str: (*ident).into(),
+						}
+					})?;
+
+					self.segments.push(PathSegment::Range {
+						start,
+						end,
+						inclusive,
+					});
+					self.state = State::IndexClose;
+				}
+				(State::IndexRangeDot2(_), (p, _)) => {
+					return Err(PathParseError::Syntax { position: *p });
+				}
+
 				(State::IndexClose, (_, Token::SqbClose)) => self.state = State::Selected,
 				(State::IndexClose, (p, _)) => {
 					return Err(PathParseError::Syntax { position: *p });
@@ -187,6 +238,9 @@ impl Parser {
 			State::Start => Err(PathParseError::Syntax { position: 0 }),
 			State::Dot => Err(PathParseError::Syntax { position }),
 			State::Index => Err(PathParseError::Syntax { position }),
+			State::IndexAfterStart(_) => Err(PathParseError::Syntax { position }),
+			State::IndexRangeDot1(_) => Err(PathParseError::Syntax { position }),
+			State::IndexRangeDot2(_) => Err(PathParseError::Syntax { position }),
 			State::IndexClose => Err(PathParseError::Syntax { position }),
 			State::Selected => Ok(()),
 		}?;
@@ -387,4 +441,46 @@ mod tests {
 			}),
 		);
 	}
+
+	// MARK: range
+
+	fn range(start: i64, end: i64, inclusive: bool) -> PathSegment {
+		PathSegment::Range {
+			start,
+			end,
+			inclusive,
+		}
+	}
+
+	#[test]
+	fn exclusive_range() {
+		parse_test(
+			"$.a[0..5]",
+			Ok(&[PathSegment::Root, field("a"), range(0, 5, false)]),
+		);
+	}
+
+	#[test]
+	fn inclusive_range() {
+		parse_test(
+			"$.a[1..=2]",
+			Ok(&[PathSegment::Root, field("a"), range(1, 2, true)]),
+		);
+	}
+
+	#[test]
+	fn range_with_negative_end() {
+		parse_test(
+			"$.a[0..-1]",
+			Ok(&[PathSegment::Root, field("a"), range(0, -1, false)]),
+		);
+	}
+
+	#[test]
+	fn range_with_negative_start() {
+		parse_test(
+			"$.a[-3..-1]",
+			Ok(&[PathSegment::Root, field("a"), range(-3, -1, false)]),
+		);
+	}
 }

crates/pile-config/src/objectpath/tokenizer.rs

@@ -21,7 +21,52 @@ impl Tokenizer {
 		let mut tokens = Vec::new();
 
 		let mut window_start = None;
+		// Paren depth: while > 0, `.` / `[` / `]` / `$` are part of the ident.
+		let mut paren_depth: usize = 0;
+		// When true, the current char is escaped by a preceding `\` and is
+		// treated as a plain ident character with no special meaning.
+		let mut skip_next = false;
+
 		for (i, c) in source.char_indices() {
+			if skip_next {
+				skip_next = false;
+				// Escaped char: just extend the ident window (already opened by `\`).
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			if c == '\\' {
+				if window_start.is_none() {
+					window_start = Some(i);
+				}
+				skip_next = true;
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			if paren_depth > 0 {
+				// Inside parens: only track depth changes, everything else is ident.
+				match c {
+					'(' => {
+						if window_start.is_none() {
+							window_start = Some(i);
+						}
+						paren_depth += 1;
+					}
+					')' => {
+						if window_start.is_none() {
+							window_start = Some(i);
+						}
+						paren_depth -= 1;
+					}
+					x if x.is_ascii() => {
+						if window_start.is_none() {
+							window_start = Some(i);
+						}
+					}
+					char => return Err(PathParseError::NonAsciiChar { position: i, char }),
+				}
+				continue;
+			}
+
 			match c {
 				'$' => {
 					if let Some(s) = window_start.take() {
@@ -51,10 +96,26 @@ impl Tokenizer {
 					tokens.push((i, Token::SqbClose));
 				}
 
-				x if x.is_ascii() => match window_start {
-					None => window_start = Some(i),
-					Some(_) => continue,
-				},
+				'(' => {
+					if window_start.is_none() {
+						window_start = Some(i);
+					}
+					paren_depth += 1;
+				}
+
+				')' => {
+					if window_start.is_none() {
+						window_start = Some(i);
+					}
+					// paren_depth is 0 here — stray `)` is an ident char and
+					// parse_field will surface the error later.
+				}
+
+				x if x.is_ascii() => {
+					if window_start.is_none() {
+						window_start = Some(i);
+					}
+				}
 
 				char => return Err(PathParseError::NonAsciiChar { position: i, char }),
 			}

crates/pile-config/src/pattern/parser.rs

@@ -122,6 +122,14 @@ mod tests {
 		GroupSegment::Literal(s.into())
 	}
 
+	#[test]
+	fn regex() {
+		assert_eq!(
+			parse("{$.split(/)[-1].regex((.*).pub \\((.*)\\).pdf)[0]}").unwrap(),
+			vec![(0, path("$.split(/)[-1].regex((.*).pub \\((.*)\\).pdf)[0]"))]
+		);
+	}
+
 	#[test]
 	fn single_path() {
 		assert_eq!(parse("{$.foo}").unwrap(), vec![(0, path("$.foo"))]);

crates/pile-dataset/src/dataset.rs

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
-use pile_config::{ConfigToml, Label, Source, objectpath::ObjectPath};
+use pile_config::{
+	ConfigToml, DatasetConfig, Label, Source, objectpath::ObjectPath, pattern::GroupPattern,
+};
 use pile_toolbox::cancelabletask::{CancelFlag, CancelableTaskError};
 use pile_value::{
 	extract::traits::ExtractState,
@@ -66,15 +68,109 @@ impl Dataset {
 
 /// An opened dataset: config, working directory, and all opened sources.
 pub struct Datasets {
-	pub path_config: PathBuf,
+	pub path_config: Option<PathBuf>,
 	pub path_parent: PathBuf,
-	pub path_workdir: PathBuf,
+	pub path_workdir: Option<PathBuf>,
 
 	pub config: ConfigToml,
 	pub sources: HashMap<Label, Dataset>,
 }
 
 impl Datasets {
+	#[expect(clippy::unwrap_used)]
+	pub fn virt_source() -> Label {
+		Label::new("virtual-source").unwrap()
+	}
+
+	#[expect(clippy::unwrap_used)]
+	pub async fn virt(parent: impl Into<PathBuf>) -> Result<Self, std::io::Error> {
+		let path_parent = parent.into();
+
+		let config = ConfigToml {
+			dataset: DatasetConfig {
+				name: Label::new("virtual-dataset").unwrap(),
+				working_dir: None,
+
+				source: [(
+					Self::virt_source(),
+					Source::Filesystem {
+						enabled: true,
+						path: path_parent.clone(),
+						pattern: GroupPattern::default(),
+					},
+				)]
+				.into_iter()
+				.collect(),
+			},
+			schema: HashMap::new(),
+			fts: None,
+		};
+
+		let mut sources = HashMap::new();
+		for (label, source) in &config.dataset.source {
+			match source {
+				Source::Filesystem {
+					enabled,
+					path,
+					pattern,
+				} => {
+					if !enabled {
+						continue;
+					}
+
+					sources.insert(
+						label.clone(),
+						Dataset::Dir(
+							DirDataSource::new(label, path_parent.join(path), pattern.clone())
+								.await?,
+						),
+					);
+				}
+
+				Source::S3 {
+					enabled,
+					bucket,
+					prefix,
+					endpoint,
+					region,
+					credentials,
+					pattern,
+				} => {
+					if !enabled {
+						continue;
+					}
+
+					match S3DataSource::new(
+						label,
+						bucket.clone(),
+						prefix.clone(),
+						endpoint.clone(),
+						region.clone(),
+						credentials,
+						pattern.clone(),
+					)
+					.await
+					{
+						Ok(ds) => {
+							sources.insert(label.clone(), Dataset::S3(ds));
+						}
+						Err(err) => {
+							warn!("Could not open S3 source {label}: {err}");
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		return Ok(Self {
+			path_config: None,
+			path_workdir: None,
+			path_parent,
+			config,
+			sources,
+		});
+	}
+
 	pub async fn open(config: impl Into<PathBuf>) -> Result<Self, std::io::Error> {
 		let path_config = config.into();
 		let path_parent = path_config
@@ -168,9 +264,9 @@ impl Datasets {
 		}
 
 		return Ok(Self {
-			path_config,
+			path_config: Some(path_config),
+			path_workdir: Some(path_workdir),
 			path_parent,
-			path_workdir,
 			config,
 			sources,
 		});
@@ -216,8 +312,16 @@ impl Datasets {
 		_threads: usize,
 		flag: Option<CancelFlag>,
 	) -> Result<(), CancelableTaskError<DatasetError>> {
-		let fts_tmp_dir = self.path_workdir.join(".tmp-fts");
-		let fts_dir = self.path_workdir.join("fts");
+		let workdir = match self.path_workdir.as_ref() {
+			Some(x) => x,
+			None => {
+				warn!("Skipping fts_refresh, no workdir");
+				return Ok(());
+			}
+		};
+
+		let fts_tmp_dir = workdir.join(".tmp-fts");
+		let fts_dir = workdir.join("fts");
 
 		if fts_tmp_dir.is_dir() {
 			warn!("Removing temporary index in {}", fts_dir.display());
@@ -315,7 +419,15 @@ impl Datasets {
 		query: &str,
 		top_n: usize,
 	) -> Result<Vec<FtsLookupResult>, DatasetError> {
-		let fts_dir = self.path_workdir.join("fts");
+		let workdir = match self.path_workdir.as_ref() {
+			Some(x) => x,
+			None => {
+				warn!("Skipping fts_lookup, no workdir");
+				return Ok(Vec::new());
+			}
+		};
+
+		let fts_dir = workdir.join("fts");
 
 		if !fts_dir.exists() {
 			return Err(DatasetError::NoFtsIndex);
@@ -335,7 +447,12 @@ impl Datasets {
 
 	/// Time at which fts was created
 	pub fn ts_fts(&self) -> Result<Option<DateTime<Utc>>, std::io::Error> {
-		let fts_dir = self.path_workdir.join("fts");
+		let workdir = match self.path_workdir.as_ref() {
+			Some(x) => x,
+			None => return Ok(None),
+		};
+
+		let fts_dir = workdir.join("fts");
 
 		if !fts_dir.exists() {
 			return Ok(None);

crates/pile-dataset/src/index/index_fts.rs

@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ impl DbFtsIndex {
 		// Try paths in order, using the first value we find
 		for path in field.path.as_slice() {
 			let val = match extractor.query(state, path).await? {
+				Some(PileValue::Null) | None => continue,
 				Some(x) => x,
-				None => continue,
 			};
 
 			let val = val_to_string(state, &val, path, field_name).await?;

crates/pile-value/Cargo.toml

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ tracing = { workspace = true }
 chrono = { workspace = true }
 toml = { workspace = true }
 smartstring = { workspace = true }
+regex = { workspace = true }
 blake3 = { workspace = true }
 epub = { workspace = true }
 kamadak-exif = { workspace = true }

crates/pile-value/src/extract/item/epub/mod.rs

@@ -54,4 +54,33 @@ impl ObjectExtractor for EpubExtractor {
 			Label::new("meta").unwrap(),
 		])
 	}
+
+	async fn to_json(&self, state: &ExtractState) -> Result<serde_json::Value, std::io::Error> {
+		let keys = self.fields().await?;
+		let mut map = serde_json::Map::new();
+		for k in &keys {
+			let v = match self.field(state, k, None).await? {
+				Some(x) => x,
+				None => continue,
+			};
+
+			if k.as_str() == "text" {
+				map.insert(
+					k.to_string(),
+					serde_json::Value::String(format!(
+						"<String ({} bytes)",
+						match v {
+							PileValue::String(x) => x.len(),
+							_ => 0,
+						}
+					)),
+				);
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			map.insert(k.to_string(), Box::pin(v.to_json(state)).await?);
+		}
+
+		Ok(serde_json::Value::Object(map))
+	}
 }

crates/pile-value/src/extract/item/fs.rs

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use crate::{
 use pile_config::Label;
 use std::{
 	collections::HashMap,
-	path::Component,
+	path::{Component, PathBuf},
 	sync::{Arc, OnceLock},
 };
 
@@ -27,22 +27,20 @@ impl FsExtractor {
 			return Ok(x);
 		}
 
-		let Item::File { path, .. } = &self.item else {
-			return Ok(self.output.get_or_init(HashMap::new));
-		};
+		let path = PathBuf::from(self.item.key().as_str());
 
 		let mut root = false;
 		let components = path
 			.components()
-			.map(|x| match x {
+			.filter_map(|x| match x {
 				Component::CurDir => None,
-				Component::Normal(x) => x.to_str().map(|x| x.to_owned()),
-				Component::ParentDir => Some("..".to_owned()),
+				Component::Normal(x) => Some(x.to_str().map(|x| x.to_owned())),
+				Component::ParentDir => Some(Some("..".to_owned())),
 				Component::RootDir => {
 					root = true;
-					None
+					Some(None)
 				}
-				Component::Prefix(x) => x.as_os_str().to_str().map(|x| x.to_owned()),
+				Component::Prefix(x) => Some(x.as_os_str().to_str().map(|x| x.to_owned())),
 			})
 			.collect::<Option<Vec<_>>>();
 
@@ -69,6 +67,7 @@ impl FsExtractor {
 			(
 				Label::new("segments").unwrap(),
 				components
+					.clone()
 					.map(|x| {
 						PileValue::Array(Arc::new(
 							x.iter()
@@ -78,6 +77,12 @@ impl FsExtractor {
 					})
 					.unwrap_or(PileValue::Null),
 			),
+			(
+				Label::new("name").unwrap(),
+				components
+					.and_then(|x| x.last().map(|x| PileValue::String(Arc::new(x.into()))))
+					.unwrap_or(PileValue::Null),
+			),
 		]);
 
 		return Ok(self.output.get_or_init(|| output));

crates/pile-value/src/extract/item/mod.rs

@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ pub use toml::*;
 mod group;
 pub use group::*;
 
+mod text;
+pub use text::*;
+
 use crate::{
 	extract::{
 		misc::MapExtractor,
@@ -77,6 +80,10 @@ impl ItemExtractor {
 					Label::new("toml").unwrap(),
 					PileValue::ObjectExtractor(Arc::new(TomlExtractor::new(item))),
 				),
+				(
+					Label::new("text").unwrap(),
+					PileValue::ObjectExtractor(Arc::new(TextExtractor::new(item))),
+				),
 				(
 					Label::new("groups").unwrap(),
 					PileValue::ObjectExtractor(Arc::new(GroupExtractor::new(item))),
@@ -110,6 +117,7 @@ impl ObjectExtractor for ItemExtractor {
 			Label::new("pdf").unwrap(),
 			Label::new("json").unwrap(),
 			Label::new("toml").unwrap(),
+			Label::new("text").unwrap(),
 			Label::new("groups").unwrap(),
 		]);
 	}

crates/pile-value/src/extract/item/pdf/mod.rs

@@ -68,4 +68,33 @@ impl ObjectExtractor for PdfExtractor {
 			Label::new("pages").unwrap(),
 		])
 	}
+
+	async fn to_json(&self, state: &ExtractState) -> Result<serde_json::Value, std::io::Error> {
+		let keys = self.fields().await?;
+		let mut map = serde_json::Map::new();
+		for k in &keys {
+			let v = match self.field(state, k, None).await? {
+				Some(x) => x,
+				None => continue,
+			};
+
+			if k.as_str() == "text" {
+				map.insert(
+					k.to_string(),
+					serde_json::Value::String(format!(
+						"<String ({} bytes)",
+						match v {
+							PileValue::String(x) => x.len(),
+							_ => 0,
+						}
+					)),
+				);
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			map.insert(k.to_string(), Box::pin(v.to_json(state)).await?);
+		}
+
+		Ok(serde_json::Value::Object(map))
+	}
 }

crates/pile-value/src/extract/item/text.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+use pile_config::Label;
+use std::sync::{Arc, OnceLock};
+
+use crate::{
+	extract::traits::{ExtractState, ObjectExtractor},
+	value::{AsyncReader, Item, PileValue},
+};
+
+pub struct TextExtractor {
+	item: Item,
+	output: OnceLock<PileValue>,
+}
+
+impl TextExtractor {
+	pub fn new(item: &Item) -> Self {
+		Self {
+			item: item.clone(),
+			output: OnceLock::new(),
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+#[async_trait::async_trait]
+impl ObjectExtractor for TextExtractor {
+	async fn field(
+		&self,
+		state: &ExtractState,
+		name: &Label,
+		args: Option<&str>,
+	) -> Result<Option<PileValue>, std::io::Error> {
+		if args.is_some() {
+			return Ok(None);
+		}
+
+		if !state.ignore_mime
+			&& (self.item.mime().type_() != mime::TEXT
+				&& self.item.mime().type_() != mime::APPLICATION)
+		{
+			return Ok(None);
+		}
+
+		if name.as_str() != "text" {
+			return Ok(None);
+		}
+
+		{
+			if let Some(x) = self.output.get() {
+				return Ok(Some(x.clone()));
+			}
+
+			let mut reader = self.item.read().await?;
+			let bytes = reader.read_to_end().await?;
+			let string = String::from_utf8(bytes).ok();
+			let value = match string {
+				Some(x) => PileValue::String(Arc::new(x.into())),
+				None => PileValue::Null,
+			};
+
+			return Ok(Some(self.output.get_or_init(|| value).clone()));
+		}
+	}
+
+	#[expect(clippy::unwrap_used)]
+	async fn fields(&self) -> Result<Vec<Label>, std::io::Error> {
+		Ok(vec![Label::new("text").unwrap()])
+	}
+}

crates/pile-value/src/extract/mod.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 pub mod item;
 pub mod misc;
+pub mod regex;
 pub mod string;
 pub mod traits;

crates/pile-value/src/extract/regex.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+use pile_config::Label;
+use regex::Regex;
+use smartstring::{LazyCompact, SmartString};
+
+use crate::{
+	extract::traits::{ExtractState, ListExtractor, ObjectExtractor},
+	value::PileValue,
+};
+
+struct RegexData {
+	regex: Arc<Regex>,
+	/// Captured substrings indexed by group index (0 = whole match).
+	captures: Vec<Option<Arc<SmartString<LazyCompact>>>>,
+}
+
+impl RegexData {
+	fn new(regex: Arc<Regex>, input: &str) -> Option<Self> {
+		let caps = regex.captures(input)?;
+		let captures = caps
+			.iter()
+			.map(|m| m.map(|m| Arc::new(m.as_str().into())))
+			.collect();
+		Some(Self { regex, captures })
+	}
+}
+
+/// Exposes named capture groups as object fields.
+pub struct RegexExtractor(Arc<RegexData>);
+
+impl RegexExtractor {
+	/// Run `regex` against `input`. Returns `None` if there is no match.
+	pub fn new(regex: Arc<Regex>, input: &str) -> Option<Self> {
+		Some(Self(Arc::new(RegexData::new(regex, input)?)))
+	}
+}
+
+#[async_trait::async_trait]
+impl ObjectExtractor for RegexExtractor {
+	async fn field(
+		&self,
+		_state: &ExtractState,
+		name: &Label,
+		args: Option<&str>,
+	) -> Result<Option<PileValue>, std::io::Error> {
+		if args.is_some() {
+			return Ok(None);
+		}
+
+		let Some(idx) = self
+			.0
+			.regex
+			.capture_names()
+			.position(|n| n == Some(name.as_str()))
+		else {
+			return Ok(None);
+		};
+
+		Ok(Some(
+			match self.0.captures.get(idx).and_then(|v| v.as_ref()) {
+				Some(s) => PileValue::String(s.clone()),
+				None => PileValue::Null,
+			},
+		))
+	}
+
+	async fn fields(&self) -> Result<Vec<Label>, std::io::Error> {
+		#[expect(clippy::unwrap_used)]
+		Ok(self
+			.0
+			.regex
+			.capture_names()
+			.flatten()
+			.map(|n| Label::new(n).unwrap())
+			.collect())
+	}
+
+	fn as_list(&self) -> Option<Arc<dyn ListExtractor>> {
+		Some(Arc::new(RegexExtractor(self.0.clone())))
+	}
+}
+
+#[async_trait::async_trait]
+impl ListExtractor for RegexExtractor {
+	async fn get(
+		&self,
+		_state: &ExtractState,
+		idx: usize,
+	) -> Result<Option<PileValue>, std::io::Error> {
+		let raw_idx = idx + 1;
+		let Some(slot) = self.0.captures.get(raw_idx) else {
+			return Ok(None);
+		};
+		Ok(Some(match slot {
+			Some(s) => PileValue::String(s.clone()),
+			None => PileValue::Null,
+		}))
+	}
+
+	async fn len(&self, _state: &ExtractState) -> Result<usize, std::io::Error> {
+		Ok(self.0.captures.len().saturating_sub(1))
+	}
+}

crates/pile-value/src/extract/string.rs

@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 use pile_config::Label;
+use regex::Regex;
 use smartstring::{LazyCompact, SmartString};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use crate::{
-	extract::traits::{ExtractState, ObjectExtractor},
+	extract::{
+		regex::RegexExtractor,
+		traits::{ExtractState, ObjectExtractor},
+	},
 	value::PileValue,
 };
 
@@ -67,6 +71,18 @@ impl ObjectExtractor for StringExtractor {
 					.collect(),
 			))),
 
+			("regex", Some(pattern)) => {
+				let Ok(re) = Regex::new(pattern) else {
+					return Ok(None);
+				};
+				Some(
+					match RegexExtractor::new(Arc::new(re), self.item.as_str()) {
+						Some(ext) => PileValue::ObjectExtractor(Arc::new(ext)),
+						None => PileValue::Null,
+					},
+				)
+			}
+
 			_ => None,
 		})
 	}
@@ -78,6 +94,9 @@ impl ObjectExtractor for StringExtractor {
 			Label::new("upper").unwrap(),
 			Label::new("lower").unwrap(),
 			Label::new("nonempty").unwrap(),
+			Label::new("trimprefix").unwrap(),
+			Label::new("trimsuffix").unwrap(),
+			Label::new("split").unwrap(),
 		]);
 	}
 }

crates/pile-value/src/extract/traits.rs

@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ pub trait ObjectExtractor: Send + Sync {
 	/// and [None] for all others.
 	async fn fields(&self) -> Result<Vec<pile_config::Label>, std::io::Error>;
 
+	/// Return a list view of this extractor, if supported.
+	fn as_list(&self) -> Option<std::sync::Arc<dyn ListExtractor>> {
+		None
+	}
+
 	/// Convert this to a JSON value.
 	async fn to_json(&self, state: &ExtractState) -> Result<serde_json::Value, std::io::Error> {
 		let keys = self.fields().await?;

crates/pile-value/src/value/item.rs

@@ -40,11 +40,22 @@ impl Item {
 			Self::File { path, .. } => ItemReader::File(File::open(path)?),
 
 			Self::S3 { source, key, .. } => {
+				let full_key: SmartString<LazyCompact> = match &source.prefix {
+					None => key.clone(),
+					Some(p) => {
+						if p.ends_with('/') {
+							format!("{p}{key}").into()
+						} else {
+							format!("{p}/{key}").into()
+						}
+					}
+				};
+
 				let head = source
 					.client
 					.head_object()
 					.bucket(source.bucket.as_str())
-					.key(key.as_str())
+					.key(full_key.as_str())
 					.send()
 					.await
 					.map_err(std::io::Error::other)?;
@@ -54,7 +65,7 @@ impl Item {
 				ItemReader::S3(S3Reader {
 					client: source.client.clone(),
 					bucket: source.bucket.clone(),
-					key: key.to_owned(),
+					key: full_key,
 					cursor: 0,
 					size,
 				})

crates/pile-value/src/value/value.rs

@@ -86,7 +86,9 @@ impl PileValue {
 			Self::String(_) => Arc::new(VecExtractor::default()),
 			Self::Blob { .. } => Arc::new(VecExtractor::default()),
 			Self::ListExtractor(e) => e.clone(),
-			Self::ObjectExtractor(_) => Arc::new(VecExtractor::default()),
+			Self::ObjectExtractor(e) => e
+				.as_list()
+				.unwrap_or_else(|| Arc::new(VecExtractor::default())),
 			Self::Item(_) => Arc::new(VecExtractor::default()),
 		}
 	}
@@ -138,6 +140,40 @@ impl PileValue {
 
 					out = e.get(state, idx).await?;
 				}
+
+				PathSegment::Range {
+					start,
+					end,
+					inclusive,
+				} => {
+					let e = match out.map(|x| x.list_extractor()) {
+						Some(e) => e,
+						None => {
+							out = None;
+							continue;
+						}
+					};
+
+					let len = e.len(state).await? as i64;
+
+					let start_idx = if *start >= 0 { *start } else { len + start };
+					let end_idx = if *end >= 0 { *end } else { len + end };
+					let end_idx = if *inclusive { end_idx + 1 } else { end_idx };
+
+					let start_idx = start_idx.max(0) as usize;
+					let end_idx = (end_idx.max(0) as usize).min(len as usize);
+
+					let mut items = Vec::new();
+					for i in start_idx..end_idx {
+						match e.get(state, i).await? {
+							Some(v) => items.push(v),
+							None => break,
+						}
+					}
+
+					// TODO: lazy view?
+					out = Some(PileValue::Array(Arc::new(items)));
+				}
 			}
 		}
 

crates/pile/src/command/item.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+use anyhow::{Context, Result};
+use clap::Args;
+use pile_config::{Label, objectpath::ObjectPath};
+use pile_dataset::Datasets;
+use pile_toolbox::cancelabletask::{CancelFlag, CancelableTaskError};
+use pile_value::{extract::traits::ExtractState, value::PileValue};
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+
+use crate::{CliCmd, GlobalContext};
+
+#[derive(Debug, Args)]
+pub struct ItemCommand {
+	/// Source name (as defined in pile.toml)
+	source: String,
+
+	/// Item key within the source
+	key: String,
+
+	/// If present, extract a specific field
+	#[arg(long, short = 'p')]
+	path: Option<String>,
+
+	/// If present, print the schema fields instead of item data
+	#[arg(long)]
+	fields: bool,
+
+	#[arg(long, short = 'x')]
+	exclude: Vec<String>,
+
+	/// Path to dataset config
+	#[arg(long, short = 'c', default_value = "./pile.toml")]
+	config: PathBuf,
+}
+
+impl CliCmd for ItemCommand {
+	#[expect(clippy::print_stdout)]
+	#[expect(clippy::unwrap_used)]
+	async fn run(
+		self,
+		_ctx: GlobalContext,
+		_flag: CancelFlag,
+	) -> Result<i32, CancelableTaskError<anyhow::Error>> {
+		let source = Label::new(&self.source)
+			.ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("invalid source name {:?}", self.source))?;
+
+		let ds = Datasets::open(&self.config)
+			.await
+			.with_context(|| format!("while opening dataset for {}", self.config.display()))?;
+
+		let state = ExtractState { ignore_mime: false };
+
+		let item = ds.get(&source, &self.key).await.ok_or_else(|| {
+			anyhow::anyhow!("{:?} not found in source {:?}", self.key, self.source)
+		})?;
+		let pv = PileValue::Item(item);
+
+		if self.fields {
+			let mut map = serde_json::Map::new();
+			for (name, spec) in &ds.config.schema {
+				if self.exclude.contains(&name.to_string()) {
+					continue;
+				}
+
+				let mut value = None;
+				for path in &spec.path {
+					let v = pv
+						.query(&state, path)
+						.await
+						.with_context(|| format!("while extracting field {name}"))?;
+					if let Some(v) = v
+						&& !matches!(v, PileValue::Null)
+					{
+						let j = v
+							.to_json(&state)
+							.await
+							.with_context(|| format!("while extracting field {name}"))?;
+						value = Some(j);
+						break;
+					}
+				}
+				map.insert(name.to_string(), value.unwrap_or(serde_json::Value::Null));
+			}
+			let json = serde_json::to_string_pretty(&serde_json::Value::Object(map)).unwrap();
+			println!("{json}");
+			return Ok(0);
+		}
+
+		let json = if let Some(path_str) = self.path {
+			let path: ObjectPath = path_str
+				.parse()
+				.with_context(|| format!("invalid path {path_str:?}"))?;
+
+			let v = pv
+				.query(&state, &path)
+				.await
+				.with_context(|| format!("while extracting {}", self.key))?
+				.ok_or_else(|| {
+					anyhow::anyhow!("{:?} not found in source {:?}", self.key, self.source)
+				})?;
+			v.to_json(&state)
+				.await
+				.with_context(|| format!("while extracting {}", self.key))?
+		} else {
+			pv.to_json(&state)
+				.await
+				.with_context(|| format!("while extracting {}", self.key))?
+		};
+
+		let json = serde_json::to_string_pretty(&json).unwrap();
+		println!("{json}");
+		return Ok(0);
+	}
+}

crates/pile/src/command/mod.rs

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ mod check;
 mod fields;
 mod index;
 mod init;
+mod item;
 mod list;
 mod lookup;
 mod probe;
@@ -59,12 +60,18 @@ pub enum SubCommand {
 		cmd: fields::FieldsCommand,
 	},
 
-	/// Print all metadata from an item
+	/// Print all metadata from a file
 	Probe {
 		#[command(flatten)]
 		cmd: probe::ProbeCommand,
 	},
 
+	/// Print all metadata from an item
+	Item {
+		#[command(flatten)]
+		cmd: item::ItemCommand,
+	},
+
 	/// Expose a dataset via an http api
 	Serve {
 		#[command(flatten)]
@@ -88,6 +95,7 @@ impl CliCmdDispatch for SubCommand {
 			Self::Lookup { cmd } => cmd.start(ctx),
 			Self::Fields { cmd } => cmd.start(ctx),
 			Self::Probe { cmd } => cmd.start(ctx),
+			Self::Item { cmd } => cmd.start(ctx),
 			Self::Serve { cmd } => cmd.start(ctx),
 			Self::Upload { cmd } => cmd.start(ctx),
 

crates/pile/src/command/probe.rs

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use anyhow::{Context, Result};
 use clap::Args;
-use pile_config::{Label, objectpath::ObjectPath};
+use pile_config::objectpath::ObjectPath;
 use pile_dataset::Datasets;
 use pile_toolbox::cancelabletask::{CancelFlag, CancelableTaskError};
 use pile_value::{extract::traits::ExtractState, value::PileValue};
@@ -10,19 +10,12 @@ use crate::{CliCmd, GlobalContext};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Args)]
 pub struct ProbeCommand {
-	/// Source name (as defined in pile.toml)
-	source: String,
-
-	/// Item key within the source
-	key: String,
+	/// The file to probe
+	file: PathBuf,
 
 	/// If present, extract a specific field
 	#[arg(long, short = 'p')]
 	path: Option<String>,
-
-	/// Path to dataset config
-	#[arg(long, short = 'c', default_value = "./pile.toml")]
-	config: PathBuf,
 }
 
 impl CliCmd for ProbeCommand {
@@ -33,35 +26,37 @@ impl CliCmd for ProbeCommand {
 		_ctx: GlobalContext,
 		_flag: CancelFlag,
 	) -> Result<i32, CancelableTaskError<anyhow::Error>> {
-		let source = Label::new(&self.source)
-			.ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("invalid source name {:?}", self.source))?;
-
-		let ds = Datasets::open(&self.config)
+		let ds = Datasets::virt(".")
 			.await
-			.with_context(|| format!("while opening dataset for {}", self.config.display()))?;
+			.with_context(|| "while opening virtual dataset".to_owned())?;
 
 		let state = ExtractState { ignore_mime: false };
+		let key = self.file.to_str().context("path is not utf-8")?;
 
 		let json = if let Some(path_str) = self.path {
 			let path: ObjectPath = path_str
 				.parse()
 				.with_context(|| format!("invalid path {path_str:?}"))?;
 
-			ds.get_field(&state, &source, &self.key, &path)
+			ds.get_field(
+				&state,
+				&Datasets::virt_source(),
+				self.file.to_str().context("path is not utf-8")?,
+				&path,
+			)
 			.await
-				.with_context(|| format!("while extracting {}", self.key))?
-				.ok_or_else(|| {
-					anyhow::anyhow!("{:?} not found in source {:?}", self.key, self.source)
-				})?
+			.with_context(|| format!("while extracting {key}"))?
+			.ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("{key:?} not found"))?
 		} else {
-			let item = ds.get(&source, &self.key).await.ok_or_else(|| {
-				anyhow::anyhow!("{:?} not found in source {:?}", self.key, self.source)
-			})?;
+			let item = ds
+				.get(&Datasets::virt_source(), key)
+				.await
+				.ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("{key:?} not found"))?;
 
 			let item = PileValue::Item(item);
 			item.to_json(&state)
 				.await
-				.with_context(|| format!("while extracting {}", self.key))?
+				.with_context(|| format!("while extracting {key}"))?
 		};
 
 		let json = serde_json::to_string_pretty(&json).unwrap();