Add check for binary files (and block them)

unipept / unipept-desktop

This is the desktop application that accompanies the Unipept project.

https://unipept.ugent.be

MIT License

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Add check for binary files (and block them) #128

Closed pverscha closed 3 years ago

pverscha commented 3 years ago

Some users are apparently loading in binary peptide files in Unipept Desktop, which causes our backend to crash. The desktop app should check if a given file is text-based before accepting it.

ninewise commented 3 years ago

Could these be compressed files?

pverscha commented 3 years ago

Yes, these could also be compressed files. We should, nonetheless, inform the user that he's using a wrong type of input file. I'll try to make the error message as clear as possible in order not to confuse our users :)