On Thursday 02 August 2007, André wrote: > On Aug 2, 11:14 am, André <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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. > > I should have added: I'm interesting in validating the file *content* > - not the filename :-)
The file name has nothing to do with the type :-P A straightforward way you won't like: read the specs for all formats you're interested in and write the function yourself ;-) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
