On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 3:26 PM, Jelle Scholtalbers <j.scholtalbers@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Greg, I do see the concern of uploading data through the api but I don't think filtering on file types is the right solution. It seems to be an issue with allowing everyone to register. Wouldn't it be better to at least validate e-mail addresses of new users on the main instance? This would probably resolve most issues related to unwanted content on the server?
That might be another good idea.
Furthermore I agree with Peter, that if you want to block certain file types on your own instance, they should be removed from the datatypes_config.xml and thereby disabling them.
But we don't want to disable the formats - many tools may produce JPEG etc as output. Greg just wants to be able to block uploads by file type.
Btw I needed the images for the sample tracking part - e.g. uploading gel fotos.
Another good use case - do you analyse them in Galaxy too? Peter