sanitize-filename 1.2.0

A simple, dependency-free, blacklist-based filename sanitizer, for when you want to keep the original filename.

Note that a blacklist based sanitizer will never be as safe as a whitelist based one. In most cases, your best option is to create a safe filename yourself. Your second safest option is to use a whitelist approach (allowing only certain characters). This sanitizer is useful when you want to keep the original filename, including non ascii characters, whenever possible.

Installation

pip install sanitize_filename

Usage

from sanitize_filename import sanitize


filename = input("Enter a file name:")
filename = sanitize(filename)

Examples:

> sanitize("A/B/C.txt")
'ABC.txt'

> sanitize("this𓀦filenameḜisあactually...valid.txt")
'this𓀦filenameḜisあactually...valid.txt'

> sanitize("def.")
'def'

> sanitize("NUL")
'__NUL'

> sanitize("..")
'__'

Changelog

• 1.2.0

  • Get rid of os dependent checks; ensure uniform behaviour
  • Now works on long filenames where the non-extensions part consists of only dots

• 1.1.0

  • Try to preserve filename extensions if possible

• 1.0.1

  • First release (as 1.0.1 due to a version number mix-up in 1.0.0)

• 1.0.0-dev3

  • Black list low code point characters (<32)

• 1.0.0-dev1

  • First version