Method from_buffer

magic/__init__.py:94–108

Identify the contents of `buf`

(self, buf)

                pass

    def from_buffer(self, buf):
        """
        Identify the contents of `buf`
        """
        with self.lock:
            try:
                # if we're on python3, convert buf to bytes
                # otherwise this string is passed as wchar*
                # which is not what libmagic expects
                # NEXTBREAK: only take bytes
                if type(buf) == str and str != bytes:
                    buf = buf.encode('utf-8', errors='replace')
                return maybe_decode(magic_buffer(self.cookie, buf))
            except MagicException as e:
                return self._handle509Bug(e)

    def from_file(self, filename):
        # raise FileNotFoundException or IOError if the file does not exist