pathvalidate 0.29.1

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

pathvalidate

• Summary

  • Features

• Examples

  • Sanitize a filename

  • Sanitize a filepath

  • Validate a filename

  • Check a filename

  • filename/filepath validator for argparse

  • filename/filepath validator for click

  • For more information

• Installation

  • Install from PyPI

  • Install from PPA (for Ubuntu)

• Dependencies

  • Test dependencies

• Documentation

Summary

pathvalidate is 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

• validafilename/filepath validator for argparse/click

• Multibyte character support

Examples

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

Validate a filename

Sample Code:

import sys
from pathvalidate import ValidationError, validate_filename

try:
    validate_filename("fi:l*e/p\"a?t>h|.t<xt")
except ValidationError as e:
    print("{}\n".format(e), file=sys.stderr)

try:
    validate_filename("COM1")
except ValidationError as e:
    print("{}\n".format(e), file=sys.stderr)

Output:

invalid char found: invalids=(':', '*', '/', '"', '?', '>', '|', '<'), value='fi:l*e/p"a?t>h|.t<xt', reason=INVALID_CHARACTER, target-platform=Windows

'COM1' is a reserved name, reason=RESERVED_NAME, target-platform=universal

Check a filename

Sample Code:

from pathvalidate import is_valid_filename, sanitize_filename

fname = "fi:l*e/p\"a?t>h|.t<xt"
print("is_valid_filename('{}') return {}".format(fname, is_valid_filename(fname)))

sanitized_fname = sanitize_filename(fname)
print("is_valid_filename('{}') return {}".format(sanitized_fname, is_valid_filename(sanitized_fname)))

Output:

is_valid_filename('fi:l*e/p"a?t>h|.t<xt') return False
is_valid_filename('filepath.txt') return True

filename/filepath validator for argparse

Sample Code:

from argparse import ArgumentParser

from pathvalidate.argparse import filepath, filename

parser = ArgumentParser()
parser.add_argument("--filepath", type=filepath)
parser.add_argument("--filename", type=filename)

filename/filepath validator for click

Sample Code:

import click

from pathvalidate.click import filename, filepath

@click.command()
@click.option("--filename", callback=filename)
@click.option("--filepath", callback=filepath)
def cli(filename, filepath):
    # do something

For more information

More examples can be found at https://pathvalidate.rtfd.io/en/latest/pages/examples/index.html

Installation

Install from PyPI

pip install pathvalidate

Install from PPA (for Ubuntu)

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:thombashi/ppa
sudo apt update
sudo apt install python3-pathvalidate

Dependencies

Python 2.7+ or 3.5+ No external dependencies.

Test dependencies

• pytest

• pytest-runner

• tox

Documentation

https://pathvalidate.rtfd.io/