filetype_py

This is a quick and dirty Python package for identifying file types, based on Rust's file_type crate.

It is not to be confused with filetype, a package written in pure Python, and it's possible you may want something written in that instead. I made this before I realized that package existed, but I'm continuing to upload it because the Rust library supports more types then the python version (upwards of 10,000+).

Usage

import file_type
import sys

if(len(sys.argv)) <= 1:
    print(sys.argv[0]+" <filetype>")
    exit(0)

# Get the file type information about the given file
file = file_type.filetype_from_file(sys.argv[1])
# There is also filetype_from_bytes, filetype_from_media_type, and filetype_from_extension

# Print what the file type is, as a human readable string
print("Name:", file.name())

# Print the ID of the file type, corresponding to the table at https://github.com/theseus-rs/file-type/blob/main/FILETYPES.md
print("ID:", file.id())

# Print the extension(s) that this file type usually has.
print("Extensions:", file.extensions())

# Print the 'source type' of the file. This is what provided the information the library uses to determine the file, i.e. ICANN or Wikidata.
print("Source Type:", file.source_type())