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<span id="imghdr-determine-the-type-of-an-image"></span><h1><a class="reference internal" href="#module-imghdr" title="imghdr: Determine the type of image contained in a file or byte stream. (deprecated)"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">imghdr</span></code></a> — Determine the type of an image<a class="headerlink" href="#module-imghdr" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
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<p><span class="versionmodified">Deprecated since version 3.11, will be removed in version 3.13: </span>The <a class="reference internal" href="#module-imghdr" title="imghdr: Determine the type of image contained in a file or byte stream. (deprecated)"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">imghdr</span></code></a> module is deprecated
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(see <span class="target" id="index-0"></span><a class="pep reference external" href="https://peps.python.org/pep-0594/#imghdr"><strong>PEP 594</strong></a> for details and alternatives).</p>
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<p>The <a class="reference internal" href="#module-imghdr" title="imghdr: Determine the type of image contained in a file or byte stream. (deprecated)"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">imghdr</span></code></a> module determines the type of image contained in a file or
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byte stream.</p>
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<p>The <a class="reference internal" href="#module-imghdr" title="imghdr: Determine the type of image contained in a file or byte stream. (deprecated)"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">imghdr</span></code></a> module defines the following function:</p>
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<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">imghdr.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">what</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">file</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">h</span></span><span class="o"><span class="pre">=</span></span><span class="default_value"><span class="pre">None</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#imghdr.what" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<dd><p>Test the image data contained in the file named <em>file</em> and return a
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string describing the image type. If <em>h</em> is provided, the <em>file</em>
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<p><span class="versionmodified changed">Changed in version 3.6: </span>Accepts a <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-path-like-object"><span class="xref std std-term">path-like object</span></a>.</p>
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<p>The following image types are recognized, as listed below with the return value
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<p>You can extend the list of file types <a class="reference internal" href="#module-imghdr" title="imghdr: Determine the type of image contained in a file or byte stream. (deprecated)"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">imghdr</span></code></a> can recognize by appending
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<span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">imghdr.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">tests</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#imghdr.tests" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<dd><p>A list of functions performing the individual tests. Each function takes two
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arguments: the byte-stream and an open file-like object. When <a class="reference internal" href="#imghdr.what" title="imghdr.what"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">what()</span></code></a> is
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called with a byte-stream, the file-like object will be <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code>.</p>
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<p>The test function should return a string describing the image type if the test
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<span class="gp">>>> </span><span class="n">imghdr</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">what</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'bass.gif'</span><span class="p">)</span>
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