Obtaining file type in django template

Question

I need to get the file type of the uploaded file in django template. I have written a templatetag for getting file name but I need file type also.

I might be able to get the content-type of the file but I couldn't find it while debugging.

doc_list.html

{{ d.file|filename }}
{{ d.file|filetype }}

templatetags/helper.py

register = template.Library()

@register.filter
def filename(value):
    return os.path.basename(value.file.name)

@register.filter
def filetype(value):
    return ???

Check http://stackoverflow.com/questions/43580/how-to-find-the-mime-type-of-a-file-in-python — okm, Jun 11 '12 at 12:34

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 11 '12 at 13:07

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USE mimetypes module

import mimetypes    

>>> mimetypes.guess_type('a.py',strict = True)
('text/x-python', None)

answered Jun 11 '12 at 13:07

shiva

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 17 '12 at 12:26

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mime = magic.Magic(mime=True)
mime.from_file("testdata/test.pdf")

returns:

'application/pdf'

edited Jul 17 '12 at 12:26

Tisho

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answered Jun 11 '12 at 13:36

user1409289

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Obtaining file type in django template

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