Format Identifier

class ESSArch_Core.fixity.format.FormatIdentifier(allow_unknown_file_types=False, allow_encrypted_files=False, use_fido_pronom_formats=True, use_fido_extension_formats=True, use_ess_formats=True)[source]

identify_file_format(filename)[source]

Identifies the format of the file using the fido library

Parameters:: filename – The filename to identify
Returns:: A tuple with the format name, version and registry key

FormatIdentifier is used to identify the format of files during validation, XML generation and viewing files in the browser.

MIME types

The file at path_mimetypes_definitionfile is used to identify the MIME type of the file. If the file extension is missing from the MIME types file it will be set to application/octet-stream if allow_unknown_file_types is set to True. If allow_unknown_file_types is set to False an exception will be raised.

Fido

The fido library is used to get the format name, version and registry key of the file.