From 383433d8608e13a5a3434118c12109dc3a2e6446 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fechet Pierre-Antoine <22179913+pafechet@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2025 18:54:23 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fix validate path function

---
 verticapy/connection/utils.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/verticapy/connection/utils.py b/verticapy/connection/utils.py
index aaad77ec5..1e26d8e4a 100755
--- a/verticapy/connection/utils.py
+++ b/verticapy/connection/utils.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ def get_connection_file() -> str:
     return path
 
 
-def validate_path(path: str):
+def validate_path(path: str) -> str:
     """
     Validates a file path to ensure it is secure and does not
     point to unintended or unsafe locations. This function
@@ -196,3 +196,4 @@ def validate_path(path: str):
         raise ValueError(
             f"Cannot use path '{path}': directory is not owned by the current user."
         )
+    return path
\ No newline at end of file

From e62e10a8d9861ca6cad692c72d1aab6dbd870c51 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fechet Pierre-Antoine <22179913+pafechet@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2025 19:02:03 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] add returns value to docstring

---
 verticapy/connection/utils.py | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/verticapy/connection/utils.py b/verticapy/connection/utils.py
index 1e26d8e4a..476dfd05f 100755
--- a/verticapy/connection/utils.py
+++ b/verticapy/connection/utils.py
@@ -128,6 +128,11 @@ def validate_path(path: str) -> str:
     path : str
         The file path to validate.
 
+    Returns
+    -------
+    string
+        The validated file path.
+
     Raises
     ------
     ValueError