Reject attachments

Description

This is a simple plugin to reject attachments, using file-extension based rules. It offers guidance to the user as to how alternatives for uploading the file can be performed.

Bugs/Feature Requests

Existing bugs and feature requests for AttachFilterPlugin are here.

If you have any issues, create a new ticket.

defect	1 / 1
enhancement	0 / 1
task	1 / 1

Download

Download the zipped source from here.

Source

You can check out AttachFilterPlugin from here using Subversion, or browse the source​ with Trac.

Installation

General instructions on installing Trac plugins can be found on the TracPlugins page.

Configuration

In your trac.ini file, add a new section [attachment_filter], where:

• keys match the mime file type to exclude
• values gives a brief description that is shown to the user to explain why the file is rejected

Example

[attachment_filter]
application/vnd.ms-excel = Microsoft Excel documents should be attached as PDF files
application/vnd.ms-powerpoint = Microsoft PowerPoint documents should be attached as PDF files
application/msword = Microsoft Word documents should be attached as PDF files
image/bmp = Microsoft bitmap images should be attached as PNG images

MIME type

To obtain the exact MIME type string:

1. Set up your Trac installation to show/dump INFO log message.
2. Attach a file of the (un)desired type.
3. Look for the plugin trace that shows the file name and the MIME type:

   $ grep Filename .../log/trac.log
   2011-05-16 15:49:26,299 Trac[filter] INFO: Filename stuff.doc, filetype application/msword
   

4. Add this new MIME type to the [attachment_filter] section.
5. Restart your Trac engine.

Recent Changes

13141 by rjollos on 2013-05-15 09:42:56

Removed empty directory.

10202 by eblot on 2011-05-16 15:53:07

Closes #8806. Import initial version of the plugin

10201 by eblot on 2011-05-16 15:24:08

New hack AttachFilterPlugin, created by eblot

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Author/Contributors

Author: eblot
Maintainer: Ryan J Ollos
Contributors: