Python bindings to libmagic
Project description
# python-libmagic
# Usage
```python
import magic
import magic.flags
magic = magic.Magic(mimetype=True)
mimetype = magic.from_buffer("\x89\x50\x4E\x47\x0D\x0A\x1A\x0A")
print mimetype # => "image/png"
mimetype = magic.from_filepath("/etc/passwd")
print mimetype # => "text/plain"
updated = magic.set_flags(magic.flags.MAGIC_NONE)
print updated # => True
mimetype = magic.from_filepath("demo.docx")
print mimetype # => "Microsoft Word 2007+"
```
# Installation
```bash
$ apt-get install libmagic-dev
$ pip install python-libmagic
```
# License
Licensed under MIT license.
# Usage
```python
import magic
import magic.flags
magic = magic.Magic(mimetype=True)
mimetype = magic.from_buffer("\x89\x50\x4E\x47\x0D\x0A\x1A\x0A")
print mimetype # => "image/png"
mimetype = magic.from_filepath("/etc/passwd")
print mimetype # => "text/plain"
updated = magic.set_flags(magic.flags.MAGIC_NONE)
print updated # => True
mimetype = magic.from_filepath("demo.docx")
print mimetype # => "Microsoft Word 2007+"
```
# Installation
```bash
$ apt-get install libmagic-dev
$ pip install python-libmagic
```
# License
Licensed under MIT license.
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