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python_magic_file_type_detection_from_path_and_bytes.py

python

Demonstrates how to identify file types from filenames and raw byte strings

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python_magic_file_type_detection_from_path_and_bytes.py
1import magic
2
3# Identify file type from a file path
4file_type = magic.from_file("testdata/test.pdf")
5print(file_type)
6# Output: 'PDF document, version 1.2'
7
8# Identify file type from a byte string
9byte_type = magic.from_buffer(open("testdata/test.pdf", "rb").read(2048))
10print(byte_type)
11# Output: 'PDF document, version 1.2'
12
13# Identify MIME type
14mime_type = magic.from_file("testdata/test.pdf", mime=True)
15print(mime_type)
16# Output: 'application/pdf'