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HOWTO - Check to see if File is Image
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check_if_file_is_image.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
#
# http://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2020/02/09/how-to-check-if-a-file-is-a-valid-image-with-python/
#
import imghdr # for imghdr
from PIL import Image # for Image.open
path = 'python.jpg'
imghdr.what(path)
# returns 'jpeg'
path = 'python.png'
imghdr.what(path)
# returns 'png'
img = Image.open('all_python.jpg')
img.format
# returns 'JPEG'
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