How can I check the extension of a file?

Question

I'm working on a certain program where I need to do different things depending on the extension of the file. Could I just use this?

if m == *.mp3
   ...
elif m == *.flac
   ...

Answer 1

Use pathlib From Python3.4 onwards.

from pathlib import Path
Path('my_file.mp3').suffix == '.mp3'

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If you are working with folders that contain periods, you can perform an extra check using

Path('your_folder.mp3').is_file() and Path('your_folder.mp3').suffix == '.mp3'

to ensure that a folder with a .mp3 suffix is not interpreted to be an mp3 file.

Answer 2

I'm surprised none of the answers proposed the use of the pathlib library.

Of course, its use is situational but when it comes to file handling or stats pathlib is gold.

Here's a snippet:

import pathlib


def get_parts(p: str or pathlib.Path) -> None:
    p_ = pathlib.Path(p).expanduser().resolve()
    print(p_)
    print(f"file name: {p_.name}")
    print(f"file extension: {p_.suffix}")
    print(f"file extensions: {p_.suffixes}\n")


if __name__ == '__main__':
    file_path = 'conf/conf.yml'
    arch_file_path = 'export/lib.tar.gz'

    get_parts(p=file_path)
    get_parts(p=arch_file_path)

and the output:

/Users/hamster/temp/src/pro1/conf/conf.yml
file name: conf.yml
file extension: .yml
file extensions: ['.yml']

/Users/hamster/temp/src/pro1/conf/lib.tar.gz
file name: lib.tar.gz
file extension: .gz
file extensions: ['.tar', '.gz']

Answer 3

If your file is uploaded then

import os


file= request.FILES['your_file_name']          #Your input file_name for your_file_name
ext = os.path.splitext(file.name)[-1].lower()


if ext=='.mp3':
    #do something

elif ext=='.xls' or '.xlsx' or '.csv':
    #do something

else:
    #The uploaded file is not the required format

Answer 4

You should make sure the "file" isn't actually a folder before checking the extension. Some of the answers above don't account for folder names with periods. (folder.mp3 is a valid folder name).

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Checking the extension of a file:

import os

file_path = "C:/folder/file.mp3"
if os.path.isfile(file_path):
    file_extension = os.path.splitext(file_path)[1]
    if file_extension.lower() == ".mp3":
        print("It's an mp3")
    if file_extension.lower() == ".flac":
        print("It's a flac")

Output:

It's an mp3

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Checking the extension of all files in a folder:

import os

directory = "C:/folder"
for file in os.listdir(directory):
    file_path = os.path.join(directory, file)
    if os.path.isfile(file_path):
        file_extension = os.path.splitext(file_path)[1]
        print(file, "ends in", file_extension)

Output:

abc.txt ends in .txt
file.mp3 ends in .mp3
song.flac ends in .flac

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Comparing file extension against multiple types:

import os

file_path = "C:/folder/file.mp3"
if os.path.isfile(file_path):
    file_extension = os.path.splitext(file_path)[1]
    if file_extension.lower() in {'.mp3', '.flac', '.ogg'}:
        print("It's a music file")
    elif file_extension.lower() in {'.jpg', '.jpeg', '.png'}:
        print("It's an image file")

Output:

It's a music file

Answer 5

file='test.xlsx'
if file.endswith('.csv'):
    print('file is CSV')
elif file.endswith('.xlsx'):
    print('file is excel')
else:
    print('none of them')

Answer 6

Assuming m is a string, you can use endswith:

if m.endswith('.mp3'):
...
elif m.endswith('.flac'):
...

To be case-insensitive, and to eliminate a potentially large else-if chain:

m.lower().endswith(('.png', '.jpg', '.jpeg'))

Answer 7

An old thread, but may help future readers...

I would avoid using .lower() on filenames if for no other reason than to make your code more platform independent. (linux is case sensistive, .lower() on a filename will surely corrupt your logic eventually ...or worse, an important file!)

Why not use re? (Although to be even more robust, you should check the magic file header of each file... How to check type of files without extensions in python? )

import re

def checkext(fname):   
    if re.search('\.mp3$',fname,flags=re.IGNORECASE):
        return('mp3')
    if re.search('\.flac$',fname,flags=re.IGNORECASE):
        return('flac')
    return('skip')

flist = ['myfile.mp3', 'myfile.MP3','myfile.mP3','myfile.mp4','myfile.flack','myfile.FLAC',
     'myfile.Mov','myfile.fLaC']

for f in flist:
    print "{} ==> {}".format(f,checkext(f)) 

Output:

myfile.mp3 ==> mp3
myfile.MP3 ==> mp3
myfile.mP3 ==> mp3
myfile.mp4 ==> skip
myfile.flack ==> skip
myfile.FLAC ==> flac
myfile.Mov ==> skip
myfile.fLaC ==> flac

Answer 8

if (file.split(".")[1] == "mp3"):
    print "its mp3"
elif (file.split(".")[1] == "flac"):
    print "its flac"
else:
    print "not compat"

Answer 9

one easy way could be:

import os

if os.path.splitext(file)[1] == ".mp3":
    # do something

os.path.splitext(file) will return a tuple with two values (the filename without extension + just the extension). The second index ([1]) will therefor give you just the extension. The cool thing is, that this way you can also access the filename pretty easily, if needed!

Answer 10

import os
source = ['test_sound.flac','ts.mp3']

for files in source:
   fileName,fileExtension = os.path.splitext(files)
   print fileExtension   # Print File Extensions
   print fileName   # It print file name

Answer 11

#!/usr/bin/python

import shutil, os

source = ['test_sound.flac','ts.mp3']

for files in source:
  fileName,fileExtension = os.path.splitext(files)

  if fileExtension==".flac" :
    print 'This file is flac file %s' %files
  elif  fileExtension==".mp3":
    print 'This file is mp3 file %s' %files
  else:
    print 'Format is not valid'

Answer 12

or perhaps:

from glob import glob
...
for files in glob('path/*.mp3'): 
  do something
for files in glob('path/*.flac'): 
  do something else

Answer 13

os.path provides many functions for manipulating paths/filenames. (docs)

os.path.splitext takes a path and splits the file extension from the end of it.

import os

filepaths = ["/folder/soundfile.mp3", "folder1/folder/soundfile.flac"]

for fp in filepaths:
    # Split the extension from the path and normalise it to lowercase.
    ext = os.path.splitext(fp)[-1].lower()

    # Now we can simply use == to check for equality, no need for wildcards.
    if ext == ".mp3":
        print fp, "is an mp3!"
    elif ext == ".flac":
        print fp, "is a flac file!"
    else:
        print fp, "is an unknown file format."

Gives:

/folder/soundfile.mp3 is an mp3!
folder1/folder/soundfile.flac is a flac file!

Answer 14

Look at module fnmatch. That will do what you're trying to do.

import fnmatch
import os

for file in os.listdir('.'):
    if fnmatch.fnmatch(file, '*.txt'):
        print file