content type of the uploaded file

[Christian Tismer]

ketulp_baroda at yahoo.com wrote:

> Hi
> I want to determine the content type of uploaded file.
> File was uploaded by using <input type=file>.
> How can I determine the content type?

For uploading files, your form tag should specify the attribute
ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data"
since that makes the browser send mime-encoded files
with all necessary headers, like "Content-Type".
It depends on the package you are using, how to get at this
header information.
If you are using the CGI module, you will interrogate the
FieldStorage item. For further reference,
http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/node403.html
might help.

ciao - chris

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