pathvalidate 0.2.0

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

pathvalidate

Summary

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

Examples

Filename validation

import pathvalidate

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

invalid filename!

Sanitize a file path

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

For more information

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

Installation

pip install pathvalidate

Dependencies

Python 2.6+ or 3.3+

• DataPropery

Test dependencies

• pytest

• pytest-runner

• tox

Documentation

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