Detects if a file is binary based on its content.
isBinary(content)
Example:
var assert = require('assert');
var fs = require('fs');
var isBinary = require('is-binary');
assert.equal(isBinary(fs.readFileSync('sample.pdf', 'utf8')) === false);
npm test
Main source code extracted from https://github.com/bevry/istextorbinary/, MIT licensed.
Tests inspired by https://github.com/gjtorikian/isBinaryFile, MIT licensed.
FAQs
Detects if a file is binary based on its content
We found that is-binary demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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