5. Reference

pathvalidate.sanitize_filename(filename, replacement_text='')

Replace invalid characters for a file path within the filename with the replacement_text. Invalid characters are as follows: \, :, *, ?, ", <, >, |.

Parameters:

• filename (str) – Filename to validate.
• replacement_text (str) – Replacement text.

Returns:

A replacement string.

Return type:

str

pathvalidate.sanitize_python_var_name(var_name, replacement_text='')

Replace invalid characters for a python variable name within the var_name with the replacement_text. Invalid characters are as follows: \, :, *, ?, ", <, >, |. ", !, #, $, &, ', =, ~, ^, @, `, [, ], +, -, ;, {, }, ,, ., (, ), %.

Parameters:

• filename (str) – Filename to validate.
• replacement_text (str) – Replacement text.

Returns:

A replacement string.

Return type:

str

pathvalidate.validate_filename(filename)

Parameters:filename (str) – Filename to validate. Raises:ValueError – If the filename is empty or includes invalid char(s): (\, :, *, ?, ", <, >, |).