https://github.com/clach04/magic-fork/
Python 3 and 2 version of Jason Petrone's magic.py
Pure python implemenation of file magic identification using Unix standard
metadata magic.mgc files (https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd/tree/master/contrib/file/magic/Magdir) for the Unix file command https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=magic&sektion=5
WARNING There are no tests nor documentation.
Example:
>python magic.py magic.py
magic.py: application/x-python
>py -3 magic.py magic.py
magic.py: application/x-python
https://pypi.org/project/magic/ (as of 2020-04) has dead links and has not been updated which is why this fork exists.
Alternatives to this pure python file magic implementation are the various libmagic wrappers and file wrapper. See https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=240109 for some background.
There are other forks of magic.py but they are Python 2 only and are part of a larger tool and can not be used standalone:
There is a similar but different metadata system at https://github.com/floyernick/fleep-py - its Python 3 only and more information is available at https://hackernoon.com/determining-file-format-using-python-c4e7b18d4fc4
Windows only, includes a python extension https://mark0.net/code-tridlib-e.html
Alternative metadata systems (no Python implementations):
- https://github.com/wbond/puremagic Lua (hard coded, no metadata database)
- https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/information-management/manage-information/preserving-digital-records/droid/
- https://www.garykessler.net/library/file_sigs.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_file_signatures
- https://filesignatures.net/