pathvalidate is a python library to validate/sanitize a string such as filename/variable-name/excel-sheet-name.
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pathvalidate
Summary
pathvalidate is a python library to validate/sanitize a string such as filename/variable-name/excel-sheet-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+
Test dependencies
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