Source code for poppy.core.tools.text

#!/usr/bin/env python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import re


[docs]def get_valid_filename(s):
    """
    Returns the given string converted to a string that can be used for a clean
    filename. Specifically, leading and trailing spaces are removed; other
    spaces are converted to underscores; and anything that is not a unicode
    alphanumeric, dash, underscore, or dot, is removed.
    >>> get_valid_filename("john's portrait in 2004.jpg")
    'johns_portrait_in_2004.jpg'
    """
    text = s.strip().replace(' ', '_')
    return re.sub(r'(?u)[^-\w.]', '', text)


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