4.4. Validate a filename¶
The validate_filename()
function raise ValueError
if
the name includes invalid character(s) for 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(f"{e}\n", file=sys.stderr) try: validate_filename("COM1") except ValidationError as e: print(f"{e}\n", 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
4.5. Validate a file path¶
The validate_filepath()
function raise ValueError
if
the name includes invalid character(s) for a file path.
- Sample Code
import sys from pathvalidate import ValidationError, validate_filepath try: validate_filepath("fi:l*e/p\"a?t>h|.t<xt") except ValidationError as e: print(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