Cul::PreservationUtils

A collection of modules with Utility Methods related to working with Preservation objects.

Incudes:

• FilePath: a module for standardizing filepaths for objects used in our Preservation services.

(More modules will be added in the future)

Preservation objects are put in cloud storage, either with Google Cloud or Amazon Web Services. Validation rules for object file paths were imlpemented based on the charactersets allowed in object names in Google Cloud and AWS.

bundle add cul/preservation_utils

If bundler is not being used to manage dependencies, install the gem by executing:

gem install cul/preservation_utils

You can access the FilePath module via namespace constants:

require 'cul/preservaion_utils'

# Determine if a file path is valid or not (invalid means it contains unsupported characters)

test_file_path = 'top_dir/!a$b%c%/我能.我能'
Cul::PreservationUtils::FilePath.valid_file_path?(test_file_path)
#=> False

# Remediate a file path

remediated_file_path = Cul::PreservationUtils::FilePath.remediate(test_file_path)
puts remediated_file_path #=> 'top_dir/_a_b_c_/Wo_Neng_.Wo_Neng_'

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and the created tag, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/cul/cul-preservation_utils.