Suppose you are given an image type file and you need to determine the type of that file. In simple words, you need to get the extension of that image type file. This can be used in a project to verify whether the image you have requested for is actually an image and with which extension does it come.
imghdr module
Use following command for Installation:
npm install imghdr
Description:
The imghdr module determines the type of image contained in a file or byte stream. The imghdr module defines the following function:
imghdr.what(filename[, h])
Tests the image data contained in the file named by filename, and returns a string describing the image type. If optional h is provided, the filename is ignored and h is assumed to contain the byte stream to test.
Note: The path of the file needs to be correct with its correct name. If the image file and the code file are in the same directory, you don’t need to specify the whole path. Just pass the name of the file as I did in the next example
The extensions that can be recognized in module are-‘rgb’, ‘gif’,’ pbm’,’ pgm’,’ ppm’,’ tiff’, ‘rast’, ‘xbm’, ‘jpeg’, ‘bmp’, ‘png’, ‘webp’, ‘exr’. In Python 3.5, extensions ‘exr’ and ‘webp’ are also added.
| Value | Image Format |
|---|---|
| ‘rgb’ | SGI ImgLib Files |
| ‘gif’ | GIF 87a and 89a Files |
| ‘pbm’ | Portable Bitmap Files |
| ‘pgm’ | Portable Graymap Files |
| ‘ppm’ | Pportable Pixmap Files |
| ‘tiff’ | IFF Files |
| ‘rast’ | Sun Raster Files |
| ‘xbm’ | X Bitmap Files |
| ‘jpeg’ | JPEG data in JFIF or Exif formats |
| ‘bmp’ | BMP Files |
| ‘png’ | Portable Network Graphics |
| ‘webp’ | WebP Files |
| ‘exr’ | OpenEXR Files |
Example :
Input : picture.gif Output : gif Input: picture.jpeg Output : jpeg
import imghdr x = imghdr.what("picture.gif") #path of image as parameter print(x) |
Output:
gif
This is a simple program but used to solve big problems in real life projects.
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