file 0.3.0

CFFI bindings for libmagic.

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.