CFFI bindings for libmagic.
Project description
CFFI bindings for libmagic.
Free software: MIT License
Installation
pip install file
Usage
from file import Magic
with Magic() as magic:
print(magic.buffer("hello")) # => "text/plain"
from file import magic_buffer, magic_file, magic_setflags
magic = Magic()
mimetype = magic_buffer("\x89\x50\x4E\x47\x0D\x0A\x1A\x0A")
print(mimetype) # => "image/png"
mimetype = magic_file("/etc/passwd")
print(mimetype) # => "text/plain"
from file import MAGIC_NONE
magic_setflags(MAGIC_NONE)
mimetype = magic_file("demo.docx")
print(mimetype) # => "Microsoft Word 2007+"
magic.close() # don't forget about this
Changelog
0.3.0 (2017-11-03)
Remove magic_version - not available in old libmagic.so.
Remove magic object - will break import if there’s a load failure.
0.2.1 (2017-11-02)
Release without wheels.
0.2.0 (2017-11-02)
First release on PyPI.