Support to allow for a setting so you can stop unknown file types from being imported

settings.json.template

@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@
      Abiword is needed to advanced import/export features of pads*/  
   "abiword" : null,
 
+  /* Should we allow of file types other than the supported types: .html, .txt, .doc, .docx, .rtf, .ods */
+  "allowUnknownFileEnds" : true,
+ 
   /* This setting is used if you require authentication of all users.
      Note: /admin always requires authentication. */
   "requireAuthentication" : false,

src/node/handler/ImportHandler.js

@@ -92,9 +92,14 @@ exports.doImport = function(req, res, padId)
       }
       //we need to rename this file with a .txt ending
       else {
+        if(settings.allowUnknownFileEnds === true){
           var oldSrcFile = srcFile;
           srcFile = path.join(path.dirname(srcFile),path.basename(srcFile, fileEnding)+".txt");
           fs.rename(oldSrcFile, srcFile, callback);
+        }else{
+          console.warn("Not allowing unknown file type to be imported", fileEnding);
+          callback("uploadFailed");
+        }
       }
     },
     function(callback){

src/node/utils/Settings.js

@@ -129,6 +129,11 @@ exports.minify = true;
  */
 exports.abiword = null;
 
+/**
+ * Should we support none natively supported file types on import?
+ */
+exports.allowUnknownFileEnds = true;
+
 /**
  * The log level of log4js
  */