On 03/08/2012 04:55 PM, Tobiah wrote:
I'm pulling image data from a database blob, and serving
it from a web2py app. I have to send the correct
Content-Type header, so I need to detect the image type.
Everything that I've found on the web so far, needs a file
name on the disk, but I only have the data.
It looks like the 'magic' package might be of use, but
I can't find any documentation for it.
Also, it seems like image/png works for other types
of image data, while image/foo does not, yet I'm afraid
that not every browser will play along as nicely.
Thanks!
Tobiah
First step, ask the authors of the database what format of data this
blob is in.
Failing that, write the same data locally as a binary file, and see what
application can open it. Or if you're on a Linux system, run file on
it. "file" can identify most data formats (not just images) just by
looking at the data.
That assumes, of course, that there's any consistency in the data coming
out of the database. What happens if next time this blob is an Excel
spreadsheet?
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