pathvalidate 0.1.0

pathvalidate is a python library to validate filename.

pathvalidate

Table of contents

• Summary

• Installation

• Usage

  • Filename validation

  • Replace invalid chars

  • Replace symbols

• Dependencies

  • Test dependencies

Summary

pathvalidate is a python library to validate filename.

Installation

pip install pathvalidate

Usage

Filename validation

import pathvalidate

filename = "a*b:c<d>e%f(g)h.txt"
try:
    pathvalidate.validate_filename(filename)
except ValueError:
    print("invalid filename!")

invalid filename!

Replace invalid chars

import pathvalidate

filename = "a*b:c<d>e%f(g)h.txt"
print(pathvalidate.sanitize_filename(filename))

abcde%f(g)h+i.txt

Replace symbols

import pathvalidate

filename = "a*b:c<d>e%f(g)h.txt"
print(pathvalidate.replace_symbol(filename))

abcdefgh+itxt

Dependencies

Python 2.6+ or 3.3+

• DataPropery

Test dependencies

• pytest

• pytest-runner

• tox