Determining if file is valid image file

Jarek Zgoda jzgoda at o2.usun.pl
Thu Aug 2 10:34:35 EDT 2007


André napisał(a):

>> Other than installing PIL, is there a "simple" way using Python only
>> to determine if a file is a valid image file?
>>
>> I'd be happy if I could at least identify valid images files for gif,
>> jpeg and png.   Pointers to existing modules or examples would be
>> appreciated.
>>
>> The reason why I'd prefer not using PIL is that I'd like to bundle
>> such a function/module in my app.
>>
>> André
> 
> I should have added: I'm interesting in validating the file *content*
> - not the filename :-)

Is the module imghdr enough for your needs?

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