I wish there was a python equivalent to the linux "file" command. That thing
rocks.
Since my web2py runs on a linux server, I just fork the process over to the
command line to verify the files, and then parse the output, and life is
good.
-Thadeus
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 5:53 PM, Richard <richar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> no not a guarantee, but would it be worth adding anyway?
>
>
> On Nov 24, 4:10 pm, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote:
> > 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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