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diff --git a/scripting/tests/data/server_error.csv b/scripting/tests/data/server_error.csv
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--- a/scripting/tests/data/server_error.csv
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-Hi, this line contains a unicode backspace. This causes a server error, when pandas_table_preview.py's output is serialized into XML.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripting/tests/data/test.csv b/scripting/tests/data/test.csv
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-# test header
-# two lines
-A1,B1,C1,D1,E1,F1,G1,H1,I1,J1,K1,L1,M1,N1,O1,P1,Q1,R1,S1,T1
-A2,B2,C2,D2,E2,F2,G2,H2,I2,J2,K2,L2,M2,N2,O2,P2,Q2,R2,S2,T2
-A3,B3,csvfile,D3,E3,F3,G3,H3,I3,J3,K3,L3,M3,N3,O3,P3,Q3,R3,S3,T3
-A5,B5,C5,D5,E5,F5,G5,H5,I5,J5,K5,L5,M5,N5,O5,P5,Q5,R5,S5,T5
-A6,B6,C6,D6,E6,F6,G6,H6,I6,J6,K6,L6,M6,N6,O6,P6,Q6,R6,S6,T6
-A7,B7,csvfile,D7,E7,F7,G7,H7,I7,J7,K7,L7,M7,N7,O7,P7,Q7,R7,S7,T7
-A8,B8,C8,D8,E8,F8,G8,H8,I8,J8,K8,L8,M8,N8,O8,P8,Q8,R8,S8,T8
-A9,B9,C9,D9,E9,F9,G9,H9,I9,J9,K9,L9,M9,N9,O9,P9,Q9,R9,S9,T9
-A10,B10,C10,D10,E10,F10,G10,H10,I10,J10,K10,L10,M10,N10,O10,P10,Q10,R10,S10,T10
-A11,B11,C11,D11,E11,F11,G11,H11,I11,J11,K11,L11,M11,N11,O11,P11,Q11,R11,S11,T11
diff --git a/scripting/tests/data/test.tsv b/scripting/tests/data/test.tsv
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-# test header
-# two lines
-A1 B1 C1 D1 E1 F1 G1 H1 I1 J1 K1 L1 M1 N1 O1 P1 Q1 R1 S1 T1
-A2 B2 C2 D2 E2 F2 G2 H2 I2 J2 K2 L2 M2 N2 O2 P2 Q2 R2 S2 T2
-A3 B3 csvfile D3 E3 F3 G3 H3 I3 J3 K3 L3 M3 N3 O3 P3 Q3 R3 S3 T3
-A5 B5 C5 D5 E5 F5 G5 H5 I5 J5 K5 L5 M5 N5 O5 P5 Q5 R5 S5 T5
-A6 B6 C6 D6 E6 F6 G6 H6 I6 J6 K6 L6 M6 N6 O6 P6 Q6 R6 S6 T6
-A7 B7 tsvfile D7 E7 F7 G7 H7 I7 J7 K7 L7 M7 N7 O7 P7 Q7 R7 S7 T7
-A8 B8 C8 D8 E8 F8 G8 H8 I8 J8 K8 L8 M8 N8 O8 P8 Q8 R8 S8 T8
-A9 B9 C9 D9 E9 F9 G9 H9 I9 J9 K9 L9 M9 N9 O9 P9 Q9 R9 S9 T9
-A10 B10 C10 D10 E10 F10 G10 H10 I10 J10 K10 L10 M10 N10 O10 P10 Q10 R10 S10 T10
-A11 B11 C11 D11 E11 F11 G11 H11 I11 J11 K11 L11 M11 N11 O11 P11 Q11 R11 S11 T11
diff --git a/scripting/tests/data/test.xls b/scripting/tests/data/test.xls
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diff --git a/scripting/tests/data/xss_attack.csv b/scripting/tests/data/xss_attack.csv
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-# as it seems all these characters are escaped correctly.
-"","%3C","<","<","<","<","<","<","<","<"
-"<","<","<","<","<","<","<","<","<","<"
-"<","<","<","<","<","<","<","<","<","<"
-"<","<","<","<","<","<","<","<","<","<"
-"<","<","<","<","<","<","<","<","<","<"
-"<","<","<","<","<","<","<","<","<","<"
-"<","<","<","<","<","<","\x3c","\x3C","\u003c","\u003C"
diff --git a/scripting/tests/requirements.txt b/scripting/tests/requirements.txt
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--- a/scripting/tests/requirements.txt
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@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-caosdb
-caosadvancedtools
-pandas
diff --git a/scripting/tests/test_pandas_table_preview.py b/scripting/tests/test_pandas_table_preview.py
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-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-# encoding: utf-8
-#
-# ** header v3.0
-# This file is a part of the CaosDB Project.
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2020 IndiScale GmbH <info@indiscale.com>
-# Copyright (C) 2020 Henrik tom Wörden <h.tomwoerden@indiscale.com>
-#
-# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
-# published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
-# License, or (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
-# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
-# along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
-# ** end header
-#
-
-import os
-import unittest
-
-import caosdb as db
-from caosdb.common.models import _parse_single_xml_element
-from lxml import etree
-from pandas_table_preview import (MAXIMUMFILESIZE, create_table_preview,
- ending_is_valid, read_file, size_is_ok)
-
-
-class PreviewTest(unittest.TestCase):
- def test_file_ending(self):
- self.assertFalse(ending_is_valid("/this/is/no/xls.lol"))
- self.assertFalse(ending_is_valid("xls.lol"))
- self.assertFalse(ending_is_valid("ag.xls.lol"))
- assert ending_is_valid("/this/is/a/lol.xls")
- assert ending_is_valid("/this/is/a/lol.csv")
- assert ending_is_valid("/this/is/a/lol.cSv")
- assert ending_is_valid("/this/is/a/lol.CSV")
- assert ending_is_valid("lol.CSV")
-
- def test_file_size(self):
- entity_xml = ('<File id="1234" name="SomeFile" '
- 'path="/this/path.tsv" size="{size}"></File>')
- small = _parse_single_xml_element(
- etree.fromstring(entity_xml.format(size="20000")))
-
- assert size_is_ok(small)
- large = _parse_single_xml_element(
- etree.fromstring(entity_xml.format(
- size=str(int(MAXIMUMFILESIZE+1)))))
- assert not size_is_ok(large)
-
- def test_output(self):
- files = [os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "data", f)
- for f in ["test.csv", "test.tsv", "test.xls", "test.xlsx"]]
-
- for fi in files:
- table = read_file(fi, ftype="."+fi.split(".")[-1])
- searchkey = fi.split(".")[-1]+"file"
- print(table)
- assert (table == searchkey).any(axis=None)
-
- badfiles = [os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "data", f)
- for f in ["bad.csv", "bad.tsv", "bad.xls", "bad.xlsx"]]
-
- for bfi in badfiles:
- self.assertRaises(ValueError, read_file,
- bfi, "."+bfi.split(".")[-1])