On Aug 2, 11:38 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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: >
Sorry, I fail to see how this helps me to identify if a file I retrieve from somewhere is a valid image file... > http://www.peterbe.com/plog/using-md5-to-check-equality-between-fileshttp://effbot.org/librarybook/md5.htmhttp://docs.python.org/lib/module-md5.html > > Larry is right too...what's wrong with bundling PIL or any third party > module? > Why not bundling PIL?: Because I'm trying to keep the size of my app as small as possible. I don't mind bundling some other modules from third parties (in fact, I already do include three modules from ElementTree...). André > Mike -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
