PySimpleValidate 0.1.1

Installation

pip install pysimplevalidate

Example Usage

>>> import pysimplevalidate as pysv

>>> pysv.validateStr('    hello    ')
'hello'

>>> pysv.validateStr('    hello    ', strip=None)
'    hello    '

>>> pysv.validateStr('xxxhelloxxx', strip='x')
'hello'

>>> pysv.validateStr('howdy', blacklistRegexes=['^h\w+$'])
Traceback (most recent call last):
  ...
pysimplevalidate.ValidationException: This response is invalid.

>>> pysv.validateStr('howdy', whitelistRegexes=['^howdy$'], blacklistRegexes=['^h\w+$'])
'howdy'

>>> pysv.validateStr('')
Traceback (most recent call last):
  ...
pysimplevalidate.ValidationException: Blank values are not allowed.

>>> pysv.validateStr('', blank=True)
''

>>> pysv.validateNum(4)
4

>>> pysv.validateNum('four')
Traceback (most recent call last):
    ...
pysimplevalidate.ValidationException: 'four' is not a number.

>>> pysv.validateNum(4, min=2, max=4)
4

>>> pysv.validateNum(4, greaterThan=2, lessThan=4)
Traceback (most recent call last):
    ...
pysimplevalidate.ValidationException: Input must be less than 4.

>>> pysv.validateInt(4.0)
4

>>> pysv.validateFloat(3)
3.0

>>> pysv.validateChoice('Cat', ('42', 'cat', 'dog'))
'cat'

>>> pysv.validateChoice('cat', ['42', 'cat', 'dog'], lettered=True, caseSensitive=True)
'cat'

>>> pysv.validateChoice('C', ['42', 'cat', 'dog'], lettered=True)
'dog'

>>> pysv.validateChoice('c', ['42', 'cat', 'dog'], lettered=True)
'dog'

>>> pysv.validateChoice('3', ['42', 'cat', 'dog'], numbered=True)
'dog'

>>> pysv.validateDate('2018/7/10')
datetime.date(2018, 7, 10)

>>> pysv.validateTime('12:00')
datetime.time(12, 0)

>>> pysv.validateDatetime('2018/7/10 12:30:00')
datetime.datetime(2018, 7, 10, 12, 30)

>>> pysv.validateTime('hour 12 minute 00', formats=['hour %H minute %M'])
datetime.time(12, 0)

>>> pysv.validateURL('https://www.metafilter.com/')
'https://www.metafilter.com/'

>>> pysv.validateRegex('cat', r'\w+')
'cat'

>>> pysv.validateYesNo('y')
'yes'

>>> pysv.validateYesNo('NO')
'no'

>>> pysv.validateBool('t')
True

>>> pysv.validateBool('FALSE')
False

>>> pysv.validateIp('127.0.0.1')
'127.0.0.1'

>>> pysv.validateState('CA')
'California'

>>> pysv.validateState('CALIFORNIA')
'California'

>>> pysv.validateMonth(12)
'December'

>>> pysv.validateMonth('DEC')
'December'

>>> pysv.validateMonth('December')
'December'

>>> pysv.validateMonth('Smarch')
Traceback (most recent call last):
    ...
pysimplevalidate.ValidationException: 'Smarch' is not a month.

>>> pysv.validateDayOfWeek('mon')
'Monday'

>>> pysv.validateDayOfWeek('MONDAY')
'Monday'

>>> pysv.validateDayOfMonth(29, 1920, 2)
29

>>> pysv.validateDayOfMonth(29, 1921, 2)
Traceback (most recent call last):
    ...
pysimplevalidate.ValidationException: '29' is not a day in the month of March 1921

Common Validaton Function Parameters

All validation functions have the following parameters:

• blank (bool): If True, blank strings will be allowed as valid user input.

• strip (bool, str, None): If True, whitespace is stripped from value. If a str, the characters in it are stripped from value. If None, nothing is stripped. Defaults to True.

• whitelistRegexes (Sequence, None): A sequence of regex str that will explicitly pass validation, even if they aren’t numbers. Defaults to None.

• blacklistRegexes (Sequence, None): A sequence of regex str or (regex_str, response_str) tuples that, if matched, will explicitly fail validation. Defaults to None.

Other input functions may have additional parameters.

Input Functions

• validateStr() - Accepts a string. Use this if you want the basic strip/whitelist/blacklist/blank features.

• validateNum() - Accepts a numeric number. Additionally has min and max parameters for inclusive bounds and greaterThan and lessThan parameters for exclusive bounds. Returns an int or float, not a str.

• validateInt() - Accepts an integer number. Also has min/max/greaterThan/lessThan parameters. Returns an int, not a str.

• validateFloat() - Accepts a floating-point number. Also has min/max/greaterThan/lessThan parameters. Returns a float, not a str.

• validateBool() - Accepts a case-insensitive form of ‘True’, ‘T’, ‘False’, or ‘F’ and returns a bool value.

• validateChoice() - Accepts one of the strings in the list of strings passed for its choices parameter.

• validateDate() - Accepts a date typed in one of the strftime formats passed to the formats parameter. (This has several common formats by default.) Returns a datetime.date object.

• validateDatetime() - Same as validateDate(), except it handles dates and times. (This has several common formats by default.) Returns a datetime.datetime object.

• validateTime() - Same as validateDate(), except it handles times. (This has several common formats by default.) Returns a datetime.time object.

• validateYesNo() - Accepts a case-insensitive form of ‘Yes’, ‘Y’, ‘No’, or ‘N’ and returns ‘yes’ or ‘no’.

• validateRegex() - Accepts a str that matches the provided regular expression.

• validateState() - Accepts the name or abbreviation of a United States state.

• validateMonth() - Accepts the name, abbreviation, or number of a month (‘Jan’, ‘January’, ‘1’, etc.).

• validateDayOfWeek() - Accepts the name or abbreviation of a day of the week (‘Mon’, ‘monday’, etc.)

• validateDayOfMonth() - Accepts a number of the day for a month, given the year and month.