tests = { 'webp': lambda h: h[0:4] == b'RIFF' and h[8:] == b'WEBP', 'png': lambda h: h[:8] == b'\211PNG\r\n\032\n', 'jpeg': lambda h: h[6:10] in (b'JFIF', b'Exif'), } def what(path): """Detect format of image (Currently supports jpeg, png, webp only) Ref: https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/3.10/Lib/imghdr.py """ with open(path, 'rb') as f: head = f.read(12) return next((type_ for type_, test in tests.items() if test(head)), None)