Handle special characters in file names

Do this with a function to remove all of the special characters I've
found so far.

1 files changed, 25 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/jamos b/jamos
index 12cfd07..bca6f0c 100755
--- a/jamos
+++ b/jamos
@@ -94,16 +94,32 @@ def get_video_urls_in_playlist(playlist_url, ytdl):
     return urls
 
 
+def remove_special_characters_for_filename(filename):
+    special_chars = [
+        ['-', ' '],
+        ['(', ''],
+        [')', ''],
+        ['/', ' '],
+        ['/', ' '],
+        [' ', '_'],
+        ["'", ''],
+        ["&", 'and'],
+        [chr(8217), ''],
+        ['$', 's'],
+        ['.', '']
+    ]
+    new_name = filename
+
+    for char_set in special_chars:
+        new_name = new_name.replace(char_set[0], char_set[1])
+
+    return new_name.lower()
+
+
 def move_file(file, metadata, output_directory):
-    artist = metadata['artist'].replace(
-        '-', ' ').replace("/", " ").replace(' ', '_').replace("'", "").replace(
-            "&", "and").replace(chr(8217), "").lower()
-    album = metadata['album'].replace(
-        '-', ' ').replace("/", " ").replace(' ', '_').replace("'", "").replace(
-            "&", "and").replace(chr(8217), "").lower()
-    title = metadata['title'].replace(
-        '-', ' ').replace("/", " ").replace(' ', '_').replace("'", "").replace(
-            "&", "and").replace(chr(8217), "").lower()
+    artist = remove_special_characters_for_filename(metadata['artist'])
+    album = remove_special_characters_for_filename(metadata['album'])
+    title = remove_special_characters_for_filename(metadata['title'])
 
     final_directory = os.path.join(
         output_directory,
@@ -112,7 +128,6 @@ def move_file(file, metadata, output_directory):
 
     Path(final_directory).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 
-    # TODO: Include album title in filename
     # TODO: Research converting to mp3 instead of just naming it such.
     # TODO: Research better file formats over mp3?
     os.rename(