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medhik
medhik
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Oct 26, 2017 5:47 PM UTC
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Extending File Name Validation in AEM Assets

AEM 6.3 by default restricts some characters in file name.

How can I extend the restriction for a few more characters?

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    Techaspect_Solu
    Techaspect_SoluAccepted solution
    Level 7
    Oct 29, 2017 5:06 PM UTC

    Hi,

    We were able to extend the filename name validation functionality to few more characters (say '-' here) in AEM 6.3 assets successfully. The following js file is responsible for filename validation:

    /libs/dam/gui/coral/components/commons/fileupload/clientlibs/fileupload/js/fileupload.js

    For extending the restriction functionality to few more characters, we need to overlay the above node (fileupload.js) and make the required changes in it.

    Changes to be made in overlay location (/apps/dam/gui/coral/components/commons/fileupload/clientlibs/fileupload/js/fileupload.js):

    Sample output:

    We hope this helps!

    Regards,

    TechAspect Solutions

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    akshaypatil
    Employee
    Feb 28, 2023 10:28 PM UTC

    This character list is now moved to /libs/dam/gui/coral/components/admin/clientlibs/damutil/js/util.js file which provides a helper function getInvalidFileChars  where any additional characters could potentially be added to the list.

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      medhik
      medhikAuthor
      Level 2
      Oct 30, 2017 3:05 PM UTC

      Yes, I could find this file and it worked.

      Thanks for your correct response.

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      manoj_devapath
      manoj_devapath
      Level 5
      Oct 30, 2017 2:05 PM UTC

      If you are planning to use custom logic to aem asset com.day.cq.commons.jcr.JcrUtil

      API is usefull.

      <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.day.cq/cq-commons -->

      <dependency>

          <groupId>com.day.cq</groupId>

          <artifactId>cq-commons</artifactId>

          <version>5.8.2</version>

          <scope>provided</scope>

      </dependency>

      JcrUtil ("The Adobe AEM Quickstart and Web Application.")

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      Techaspect_Solu
      Techaspect_SoluAccepted solution
      Level 7
      Oct 29, 2017 5:06 PM UTC

      Hi,

      We were able to extend the filename name validation functionality to few more characters (say '-' here) in AEM 6.3 assets successfully. The following js file is responsible for filename validation:

      /libs/dam/gui/coral/components/commons/fileupload/clientlibs/fileupload/js/fileupload.js

      For extending the restriction functionality to few more characters, we need to overlay the above node (fileupload.js) and make the required changes in it.

      Changes to be made in overlay location (/apps/dam/gui/coral/components/commons/fileupload/clientlibs/fileupload/js/fileupload.js):

      Sample output:

      We hope this helps!

      Regards,

      TechAspect Solutions

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        Shetty1191
        Level 2
        Jan 18, 2022 5:36 AM UTC

        Hi Team, 

         

        I am trying to extend the same functionality. There are few more special characters like 'à','ç' (continuous pressing of 'A' in the keyboard will popup these values). So how can I restrict those values ?

         

        Can I change the '_IILEGAL_FILENAME_CHARS' to 'Legal_FileName_Chars' and check the same functionality.

         

        Thanks,

         

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        manoj_devapath
        manoj_devapath
        Level 5
        Oct 29, 2017 1:37 PM UTC

        We need a jcr event listener on new node created in dam. and then add your custom logic to rename the node. use node move logic and save the asset.

        we did this custom logic implementation on page creation. its same for asset upload too.

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          smacdonald2008
          smacdonald2008
          Level 10
          Oct 26, 2017 6:58 PM UTC

          We asked Eng to look at this question. This logic is somewhere - i am not sure where as i have never read this use case before.

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