pathvalidate 0.12.1

pathvalidate is a python library to validate/sanitize a string such as filename/LTSV-label/variable-name/excel-sheet-name.

pathvalidate

Summary

pathvalidate is a python library to validate/sanitize a string such as filename/LTSV-label/variable-name/excel-sheet-name.

Feature

• Validate/Sanitize a string:

  • file name

  • file path

  • variable name: Python

  • Labeled Tab-separated Values (LTSV) label

  • Excel sheet name

  • SQLite table/attribute name

Examples

Validate a filename

import pathvalidate

try:
    pathvalidate.validate_filename("_a*b:c<d>e%f/(g)h+i_0.txt")
except ValueError:
    print("invalid filename!")

invalid filename!

Sanitize a filename

import pathvalidate

filename = "_a*b:c<d>e%f/(g)h+i_0.txt"
print(pathvalidate.sanitize_filename(filename))

_abcde%f(g)h+i_0.txt

Sanitize a variable name

import pathvalidate

print(pathvalidate.sanitize_python_var_name("_a*b:c<d>e%f/(g)h+i_0.txt"))

abcdefghi_0txt

For more information

More examples are available at http://pathvalidate.readthedocs.org/en/latest/pages/examples/index.html

Installation

pip install pathvalidate

Dependencies

Python 2.7 or 3.3+

• DataPropery

• mbstrdecoder

Test dependencies

• pytest

• pytest-runner

• tox

Documentation

http://pathvalidate.readthedocs.org/en/latest/