How to get file mimetype in Python?

pip install python-magic

Now get file mime type like below:

>>> magic.from_file("testdata/test.pdf", mime=True)
 'application/pdf'

If you do not provide mime=True:

>>> magic.from_file("testdata/test.pdf")
 'PDF document, version 1.2'

If you are on OS X you may get the below error:

ImportError: failed to find libmagic.  Check your installation

To solve the problem install libmagic using brew:

brew install libmagic

Or using macport:

port install file

Read more here:
- https://github.com/ahupp/python-magic

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