--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/resfinder/cge/out/valueparsers.py	Mon Jan 10 20:06:07 2022 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import dateutil.parser
+
+
+class ValueParsers():
+
+    def parse_char64(val):
+        val = str(val)
+        if(len(val) != 64):
+            return ("This field expects a string of lenght 64 but the lenght "
+                    "of the string is {}. The string is: {}"
+                    .format(len(val), val))
+
+    def parse_date(val):
+        try:
+            # If the date is just a year it might be an integer (ex. 2018)
+            dateutil.parser.isoparse(str(val))
+        except ValueError:
+            return ("Date format not recognised. Date format must adhere to "
+                    "the ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD). Provided value was: {}"
+                    .format(val))
+
+    def parse_integer(val):
+        try:
+            val = int(float(val))
+        except ValueError:
+            return "Value must be an integer. Value was: {}".format(val)
+
+    def parse_percentage(val):
+        try:
+            val = float(val)
+        except ValueError:
+            return "Value must be a number. Value was: {}".format(val)
+        if(val < 0 or val > 100):
+            return ("Percentage value must be between 0 and 100. The value "
+                    "was: {}".format(val))
+
+    def parse_string(val):
+        try:
+            val = str(val)
+        except ValueError:
+            return "Value could not be converted to a string."
+
+    def parse_float(val):
+        try:
+            val = float(val)
+        except TypeError:
+            return "Value must be a float. Value was: {}".format(val)