archive-type 

> Detect the archive type of a Buffer/Uint8Array

Install

``sh
npm install @xhmikosr/archive-type
`

Usage

`js
import archiveType from '@xhmikosr/archive-type';
import {readChunk} from 'read-chunk';

const buffer = await readChunk('unicorn.zip', 0, 262);

await archiveType(buffer);
//=> {ext: 'zip', mime: 'application/zip'}
`

API

$3

Returns an Object with:

- ext - One of the supported file types
- mime - The MIME type

Or null when no match.

#### input

Type: Buffer Uint8Array

It only needs the first 262 bytes.

Supported file types

- 7z
- bz2
- gz
- rar
- tar
- zip
- xz
- gz
- zst`

Related

- archive-type-cli - CLI for this module

License

MIT © Kevin Mårtensson