buffer-type

Detect content-type from Buffer data.

Install

$ npm install buffer-type

Usage

const bt = require('buffer-type');
const fs = require('fs');

const info = bt(fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/logo.png'));
console.log(info);
// {
//   type: 'image/png',
//    extension: '.png',
//    width: 618,
//    height: 96,
//    bit: 8, // bit depth
//    color: 6,
//    compression: 0,
//    filter: 0,
//    interlace: 0
// }

References

• http://www.onicos.com/staff/iz/formats/
• http://www.fastgraph.com/help/image_file_header_formats.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Network_Graphics
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_file_format

TODO

• Image
  • [√] .png
  • [√] .jpg
  • [√] .bmp
  • [√] .gif
  • [√] .webp
  • .svg
  • .tif
  • .psd
• Tar
  • .tar
  • .gzip
  • .zip
  • .rar
• PE file
  • .exe
  • .msi
  • .apk
  • .ipa
• Text
  • .xml
  • .html
  • .json
• Media
  • .mp3
  • .mp4
  • .avi

License

MIT