On Aug 2, 9:35 am, Thomas Jollans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 ;-)
Use the md5 module to create checksums. Links below: http://www.peterbe.com/plog/using-md5-to-check-equality-between-files http://effbot.org/librarybook/md5.htm http://docs.python.org/lib/module-md5.html Larry is right too...what's wrong with bundling PIL or any third party module? Mike -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
