is-valid-path

What is is-valid-path?

The is-valid-path npm package is a utility for checking if a given string is a valid file path. It helps in validating paths to ensure they conform to the expected format and can be used in various file system operations.

What are is-valid-path's main functionalities?

Basic Path Validation

This feature allows you to check if a given string is a valid file path. It returns true for valid paths and false for invalid ones.

const isValidPath = require('is-valid-path');

console.log(isValidPath('valid/path/to/file.txt')); // true
console.log(isValidPath('invalid|path')); // false

Cross-Platform Path Validation

This feature ensures that the path validation works across different operating systems, including Windows and Unix-based systems.

const isValidPath = require('is-valid-path');

console.log(isValidPath('C:\valid\path\to\file.txt')); // true on Windows
console.log(isValidPath('/valid/path/to/file.txt')); // true on Unix-based systems

Other packages similar to is-valid-path

valid-path

The valid-path package is another alternative that checks for valid file paths. It focuses on simplicity and ease of use, providing a straightforward API for path validation.

README

is-valid-path

Returns true if a file path does not contain any invalid characters.

Install with npm

npm i is-valid-path --save

Usage

var isValid = require('is-valid-path');

/**
 * Valid
 */

isValid('abc.js');
//=> 'true'
isValid('abc/def/ghi.js');
//=> 'true'
isValid('foo.js');
//=> 'true'

/**
 * Invalid
 */

isValid();
//=> 'valse'
isValid(null);
//=> 'valse'
isValid('!foo.js');
//=> 'false'
isValid('*.js');
//=> 'false'
isValid('**/abc.js');
//=> 'false'
isValid('abc/*.js');
//=> 'false'
isValid('abc/(aaa|bbb).js');
//=> 'false'
isValid('abc/[a-z].js');
//=> 'false'
isValid('abc/{a,b}.js');
//=> 'false'
isValid('abc/?.js');
//=> 'false'

Related

• is-glob: Returns true if the given string looks like a glob pattern.
• is-invalid-path: Returns true if a file path has invalid characters.
• is-git-url: Regex to validate that a URL is a git url.
• micromatch: Glob matching for javascript/node.js. A drop-in replacement and faster alternative to minimatch and multimatch. Just… more
• parse-glob: Parse a glob pattern into an object of tokens.

Run tests

Install dev dependencies:

npm i -d && npm test

Contributing

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue

Author

Jon Schlinkert

• github/jonschlinkert
• twitter/jonschlinkert

License

Copyright (c) 2015 Jon Schlinkert Released under the MIT license.

This file was generated by verb-cli on May 06, 2015.