# `file-magic`: Python Bindings

This library is a Python ctypes interface to `libmagic`.


## Installing

You can install `file-magic` either with:

   python setup.py install
   # or
   easy_install .
   # or
   pip install file-magic


## Using

   import magic

   detected = magic.detect_from_filename('magic.py')
   print 'Detected MIME type: {}'.format(detected.mime_type)
   print 'Detected encoding: {}'.format(detected.encoding)
   print 'Detected file type name: {}'.format(detected.name)


## Developing/Contributing

To run the tests:

   python setup.py test

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