Check if a Buffer/Uint8Array is a WebP image
npm install is-webp
import {readChunk} from 'read-chunk';
import isWebp from 'is-webp';
const buffer = await readChunk('unicorn.webp', {length: 12});
isWebp(buffer);
//=> true
const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.open('GET', 'unicorn.webp');
xhr.responseType = 'arraybuffer';
xhr.onload = () => {
isWebp(new Uint8Array(this.response));
//=> true
};
xhr.send();
Accepts a Buffer (Node.js) or Uint8Array.
It only needs the first 12 bytes.
FAQs
Check if a Buffer/Uint8Array is a WebP image
The npm package is-webp receives a total of 471 weekly downloads. As such, is-webp popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that is-webp 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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