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filetype.py |Build Status| |PyPI| |Pyversions| |API|
====================================================
Small and dependency free `Python`_ package to infer file type and MIME
type checking the `magic numbers`_ signature of a file or buffer.
This is a Python port from `filetype`_ Go package.
Features
--------
- Simple and friendly API
- Supports a `wide range`_ of file types
- Provides file extension and MIME type inference
- File discovery by extension or MIME type
- File discovery by kind (image, video, audio…)
- `Pluggable`_: add new custom type matchers
- `Fast`_, even processing large files
- Only first 261 bytes representing the max file header is required, so
you can just `pass a list of bytes`_
- Dependency free (just Python code, no C extensions, no libmagic
bindings)
- Cross-platform file recognition
Installation
------------
::
pip install filetype
API
---
See `annotated API reference`_.
Examples
--------
Simple file type checking
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
.. code-block:: python
import filetype
def main():
kind = filetype.guess('tests/fixtures/sample.jpg')
if kind is None:
print('Cannot guess file type!')
return
print('File extension: %s' % kind.extension)
print('File MIME type: %s' % kind.mime)
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
Supported types
---------------
Image
^^^^^
- **dwg** - ``image/vnd.dwg``
- **xcf** - ``image/x-xcf``
- **jpg** - ``image/jpeg``
- **jpx** - ``image/jpx``
- **png** - ``image/png``
- **apng** - ``image/apng``
- **gif** - ``image/gif``
- **webp** - ``image/webp``
- **cr2** - ``image/x-canon-cr2``
- **tif** - ``image/tiff``
- **bmp** - ``image/bmp``
- **jxr** - ``image/vnd.ms-photo``
- **psd** - ``image/vnd.adobe.photoshop``
- **ico** - ``image/x-icon``
- **heic** - ``image/heic``
- **avif** - ``image/avif``
Video
^^^^^
- **3gp** - ``video/3gpp``
- **mp4** - ``video/mp4``
- **m4v** - ``video/x-m4v``
- **mkv** - ``video/x-matroska``
- **webm** - ``video/webm``
- **mov** - ``video/quicktime``
- **avi** - ``video/x-msvideo``
- **wmv** - ``video/x-ms-wmv``
- **mpg** - ``video/mpeg``
- **flv** - ``video/x-flv``
Audio
^^^^^
- **aac** - ``audio/aac``
- **mid** - ``audio/midi``
- **mp3** - ``audio/mpeg``
- **m4a** - ``audio/mp4``
- **ogg** - ``audio/ogg``
- **flac** - ``audio/x-flac``
- **wav** - ``audio/x-wav``
- **amr** - ``audio/amr``
- **aiff** - ``audio/x-aiff``
Archive
^^^^^^^
- **br** - ``application/x-brotli``
- **rpm** - ``application/x-rpm``
- **dcm** - ``application/dicom``
- **epub** - ``application/epub+zip``
- **zip** - ``application/zip``
- **tar** - ``application/x-tar``
- **rar** - ``application/x-rar-compressed``
- **gz** - ``application/gzip``
- **bz2** - ``application/x-bzip2``
- **7z** - ``application/x-7z-compressed``
- **xz** - ``application/x-xz``
- **pdf** - ``application/pdf``
- **exe** - ``application/x-msdownload``
- **swf** - ``application/x-shockwave-flash``
- **rtf** - ``application/rtf``
- **eot** - ``application/octet-stream``
- **ps** - ``application/postscript``
- **sqlite** - ``application/x-sqlite3``
- **nes** - ``application/x-nintendo-nes-rom``
- **crx** - ``application/x-google-chrome-extension``
- **cab** - ``application/vnd.ms-cab-compressed``
- **deb** - ``application/x-deb``
- **ar** - ``application/x-unix-archive``
- **Z** - ``application/x-compress``
- **lzo** - ``application/x-lzop``
- **lz** - ``application/x-lzip``
- **lz4** - ``application/x-lz4``
- **zstd** - ``application/zstd``
Document
^^^^
- **doc** - ``application/msword``
- **docx** - ``application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document``
- **odt** - ``application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text``
- **xls** - ``application/vnd.ms-excel``
- **xlsx** - ``application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet``
- **ods** - ``application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet``
- **ppt** - ``application/vnd.ms-powerpoint``
- **pptx** - ``application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation``
- **odp** - ``application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation``
Font
^^^^
- **woff** - ``application/font-woff``
- **woff2** - ``application/font-woff``
- **ttf** - ``application/font-sfnt``
- **otf** - ``application/font-sfnt``
Application
^^^^^^^^^^^
- **wasm** - ``application/wasm``
.. _Python: http://python.org
.. _magic numbers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_number_(programming)#Magic_numbers_in_files
.. _filetype: https://github.com/h2non/filetype
.. _wide range: #supported-types
.. _Pluggable: #add-additional-file-type-matchers
.. _Fast: #benchmarks
.. _pass a list of bytes: #file-header
.. _annotated API reference: https://h2non.github.io/filetype.py/
.. |Build Status| image:: https://travis-ci.org/h2non/filetype.py.svg?branch=master
:target: https://travis-ci.org/h2non/filetype.py
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:target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/filetype
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:target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/filetype
.. |API| image:: https://img.shields.io/badge/api-docs-green.svg
:target: https://h2non.github.io/filetype.py
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