Unfortunately checking the mime type is no guarantee that the file
format is conform to specs.
On Nov 23, 7:49 pm, Richard <richar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> could a new validator be added to check the mime type from the POSTed
> content-type?
> IS_MIME_TYPE('png')
>
> Django has something like
> this:http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/http/file-uploads/?from=o...
>
> Richard
>
> On Nov 23, 2:50 pm, Thadeus Burgess <thade...@thadeusb.com> wrote:
>
> > This is for uploaded plug-ins (for plugincentral).
>
> > I want to make sure they are actually tarred archives with python code in
> > them. I need to check the actual file contents instead of just the filename
> > (which gets checked first, to make sure it is "web2py.plugin.*.w2p"
>
> > -Thadeus
>
> > On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 9:46 PM, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote:
>
> > > There a IS_IMAGE that can check for BMP, GIF, JPEG, and PNG.
> > > You can copy and modify it to check for other formats.
> > > What formats are you thinking about?
>
> > > On Nov 22, 9:41 pm, Thadeus Burgess <thade...@thadeusb.com> wrote:
> > > > Is there a way, through SQLFORM to open a file, and make sure it is the
> > > kind
> > > > of file you are expecting.
>
> > > > I would like to check to see if the files users are uploading, are
> > > > indeed
> > > > w2p tarred files with only .py files with a naming scheme in them.
>
> > > > I know I could use SQLFORM.factory and then open the file after it is
> > > saved
> > > > to the server, then delete it if it was no good, I was just wondering if
> > > > there was a way to "hook" into the validation.
>
> > > > -Thadeus
>
>
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