1. pathvalidate

1.1. Summary

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

1.2. Features

• Sanitize/Validate a string as a:

  • file name

  • file path

• Sanitize will do:

  • Remove invalid characters for a target platform

  • Replace reserved names for a target platform

  • Normalize

  • Remove unprintable characters

• Argument validator/sanitizer for argparse and click

• Multi platform support:

  • Linux

  • Windows

  • macOS

  • POSIX

  • universal (platform independent)

• Multibyte character support

2. Installation

2.1. Installation: pip

pip install pathvalidate

2.2. Installation: conda

conda install -c thombashi pathvalidate

2.3. Installation: apt

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

3. Dependencies

Python 3.7+ no external dependencies.