How to check if a file is a valid image file?

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I have just found the builtin imghdr module. From python documentation:

The imghdr module determines the type
of image contained in a file or byte
stream.

This is how it works:

>>> import imghdr
>>> imghdr.what('/tmp/bass')
'gif'

Using a module is much better than reimplementing similar functionality

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