Unable to specify media type with UploadMedia*()

[jd]

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parse_media_files uses mimetypes.guess_type so it can't work if your image does not ends up with a correct extension on the external server.

Maybe using the returned Content-Type would be useful too.

[jeremylow]

So like http://example.com/hello.jpe gets rejected or is this something else?

[jd]

@jeremylow Yes.

[BennyThink]

Yes, mimetypes.guess_type relies on file extension. Why don't we use python-magic or filetype?

[BennyThink]

filetype is really simple to use, and it's totally compatible

import filetype

def main():
    kind = filetype.guess('tests/fixtures/sample.jpg')
    if kind is None:
        print('Cannot guess file type!')
        return

    print('File extension: %s' % kind.extension)
    print('File MIME type: %s' % kind.mime)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()