X-Git-Url: https://git.arvados.org/arvados.git/blobdiff_plain/a9a4f7d43340f4f317fb041c93b9aa9c1b6e51c8..35895ee91c820680bb7df9696ab2e92525ead2ac:/sdk/python/arvados/util.py

diff --git a/sdk/python/arvados/util.py b/sdk/python/arvados/util.py
index c383d529e8..a4b7e64a05 100644
--- a/sdk/python/arvados/util.py
+++ b/sdk/python/arvados/util.py
@@ -500,3 +500,20 @@ def get_vocabulary_once(svc):
     if not hasattr(svc, '_cached_vocabulary'):
         svc._cached_vocabulary = svc.vocabularies().get().execute()
     return svc._cached_vocabulary
+
+def trim_name(collectionname):
+    """
+    trim_name takes a record name (collection name, project name, etc)
+    and trims it to fit the 255 character name limit, with additional
+    space for the timestamp added by ensure_unique_name, by removing
+    excess characters from the middle and inserting an ellipse
+    """
+
+    max_name_len = 254 - 28
+
+    if len(collectionname) > max_name_len:
+        over = len(collectionname) - max_name_len
+        split = int(max_name_len/2)
+        collectionname = collectionname[0:split] + "…" + collectionname[split+over:]
+
+    return collectionname