mapbox-file-sniff

mapbox-file-sniff

Node module that returns spatial filetype.

Version format follows Semantic Version

Install

With npm:

npm install -g mapbox-file-sniff

Example, in JavaScript

var filesniffer = require('mapbox-file-sniff');
var buffer = fs.readFileSync('path/to/data/file.geojson');

filesniffer.sniff(buffer, function(err, filetype){
	assert.equal(filetype, 'geojson');
});

filesniffer.waft(buffer, function(err, protocol) {
	assert.equal(protocol, 'omnivore:');
});

Example, in bash

$ mapbox-file-type path/to/data/file.geojson
# geojson
$ mapbox-file-protocol path/to/data/file.geojson
# omnivore:

• buffer: Buffer object of file contents (at least length 300)

.sniff returns a string for the following filetypes:

• Zipped shapefile: zip
• Unziped shapefile: shp
• GPX: gpx
• KML: kml
• GeoJSON: geojson
• GeoTIFF: tif
• Mbtiles: mbtiles
• TileJSON: tilejson
• Serialtiles: serialtiles
• tm2z: tm2z

.waft returns a string for the following tilelive protocols:

• omnivore: tilelive-omnivore
• mbtiles: node-mbtiles
• tilejson: node-tilejson
• serialtiles: special case
• tm2z: tilelive-vector

Tests

npm test