[Tutor] Determine Filetype

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if file_ext in enabled_ext

Found an example some seconds ago in another mailing lists. I'm not
able to find the python tutorial that describes this statement. Can
you help me please?

2009/9/19 admin at gg-lab.net <admin at gg-lab.net>:
> Ops, i have another question, it seems very simple.
>
> I want to check the extension of an uploaded file. So i've created a
> list with allowed extensions:
>
> enabled_ext = ['gif', 'jpeg', 'png', 'bmp', 'tiff']
>
> How can i create a simple if that check if the file ext (file_ext) is
> in the list?
>
> I've searched in the python tutorial, but have not been able to find
> any example that uses an if statement combined with a list.
>
> Thankyou again
>
> 2009/9/19 admin at gg-lab.net <admin at gg-lab.net>:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> the solution was in the link i've posted before. If i use:
>>
>> type = imghdr.what('img.test', image.data)
>>
>> The imghdr modules ignore the filename (first argument) and takes the
>> second as a data stream assumed to contain the filetype.
>>
>> The solution only works for images, but that's what i need. I think
>> that right now is not possible to generally determine the mimetype for
>> all types of files on GAE, because some libraries are missing. Anyway,
>> i'll send a mail to the gae mailing list, and if find a solution i'll
>> post it here.
>>
>> Thankyou all guys.
>>
>> 2009/9/19 Sander Sweers <sander.sweers at gmail.com>:
>>> On Fri, 2009-09-18 at 16:48 -0400, Kent Johnson wrote:
>>>> > So, the __init__.py file of the GAE evinronment's ctypes library is
>>>> > broken, as it's importing from a package that doesn't exist. Right?
>>>>
>>>> Probably ctypes is not supported in GAE, that would be a pretty big
>>>> security hole.
>>>
>>> There is a pure python implementation on pypi [1]. It states it is in
>>> alpha and missing some features. Never used it myself though...
>>>
>>> Greets
>>> Sander
>>>
>>> [1] http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pymagic/0.1
>>>
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