# buffer-type

> Detect content-type from Buffer data.

Latest version **1.0.0** (published 2018-06-28) · MIT license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install buffer-type
pnpm add buffer-type
yarn add buffer-type
bun add buffer-type
```

## Health

**Score 25/100 (F)** — status: abandoned.

Positive: no vulnerabilities.

Warnings: low downloads; no types; no esm support.

Negative: abandoned.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.0.0 |
| Published | 2018-06-28 |
| First published | 2013-08-14 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT |
| TypeScript types | none |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Node | >= 8.0.0 |
| Dependencies | 0 |
| Unpacked size | 19.8 KB |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 14 |
| Author | fengmk2 |
| Maintainers | fengmk2 |
| Keywords | buffer-type, image-type, content-type, buffer, type, mime, filetype, file extension, buffer type |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/buffer-type
- Repository: https://github.com/node-modules/buffer-type
- Issues: https://github.com/node-modules/buffer-type/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/buffer-type

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## Recent versions

- 1.0.0 (latest) — 2018-06-28
- 0.0.2 — 2014-05-04
- 0.0.1 — 2013-08-14

## README

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Detect content-type from Buffer data.

## Install

```bash
$ npm install buffer-type
```

## Usage

```js
const bt = require('buffer-type');
const fs = require('fs');

const info = bt(fs.readFileSync(__dirname + '/logo.png'));
console.log(info);
// {
//   type: 'image/png',
//    extension: '.png',
//    width: 618,
//    height: 96,
//    bit: 8, // bit depth
//    color: 6,
//    compression: 0,
//    filter: 0,
//    interlace: 0
// }
```

## References

* http://www.onicos.com/staff/iz/formats/
* http://www.fastgraph.com/help/image_file_header_formats.html
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Network_Graphics
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_file_format

## TODO

* Image
  * [√] .png
  * [√] .jpg
  * [√] .bmp
  * [√] .gif
  * [√] .webp
  * [ ] .svg
  * [ ] .tif
  * [ ] .psd
* Tar
  * [ ] .tar
  * [ ] .gzip
  * [ ] .zip
  * [ ] .rar
* PE file
  * [ ] .exe
  * [ ] .msi
  * [ ] .apk
  * [ ] .ipa
* Text
  * [ ] .xml
  * [ ] .html
  * [ ] .json
* Media
  * [ ] .mp3
  * [ ] .mp4
  * [ ] .avi

## License

[MIT](LICENSE.txt)

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