pathvalidate 0.23.0

A Python library to sanitize/validate a string such as filenames/file-paths/etc.

pathvalidate

Table of Contents

• Summary

• Features

  • Examples

• Validate a filename

• Sanitize a filename

• Sanitize a filepath

• For more information

  • Installation

  • Dependencies

• Test dependencies

  • Documentation

Summary

A Python library to sanitize/validate a string such as filenames/file-paths/etc.

Features

• Sanitize/Validate a string as a:

  • file name

  • file path

• Multibyte character support

Examples

Validate a filename

Sample Code:

from pathvalidate import validate_filename

try:
    validate_filename("\0_a*b:c<d>e%f/(g)h+i_0.txt")
except ValueError:
    print("invalid filename!")

Output:

invalid filename!

Sanitize a filename

Sample Code:

from pathvalidate import sanitize_filename

fname = "fi:l*e/p\"a?t>h|.t<xt"
print("{} -> {}".format(fname, sanitize_filename(fname)))

fname = "\0_a*b:c<d>e%f/(g)h+i_0.txt"
print("{} -> {}".format(fname, sanitize_filename(fname)))

Output:

fi:l*e/p"a?t>h|.t<xt -> filepath.txt
_a*b:c<d>e%f/(g)h+i_0.txt -> _abcde%f(g)h+i_0.txt

Sanitize a filepath

Sample Code:

from pathvalidate import sanitize_filepath

fpath = "fi:l*e/p\"a?t>h|.t<xt"
print("{} -> {}".format(fpath, sanitize_filepath(fpath)))

fpath = "\0_a*b:c<d>e%f/(g)h+i_0.txt"
print("{} -> {}".format(fpath, sanitize_filepath(fpath)))

Output:

fi:l*e/p"a?t>h|.t<xt -> file/path.txt
_a*b:c<d>e%f/(g)h+i_0.txt -> _abcde%f/(g)h+i_0.txt

For more information

More examples are available at https://pathvalidate.rtfd.io/en/latest/pages/examples/index.html

Installation

pip install pathvalidate

Dependencies

Python 2.7+ or 3.4+ No external dependencies.

Test dependencies

• pytest

• pytest-runner

• tox

Documentation

https://pathvalidate.rtfd.io/