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Very simple node.js package to check if a jpeg image is valid
$ npm install valid-jpeg
// load the module
const imageValid = require('valid-jpeg');
...
// check if image.jpg is a valid jpeg image
imageValid.isValid('image.jpg', (err, valid) => {
// check if error occurs
if(err)
console.error('Oh no! Something went wrong!');
// valid is true if image is a valid jpeg, false otherwise
if(valid)
console.info('Valid jpeg!');
else
console.error('Not a valid jpeg');
});
A simple, plug-and-play module to check if a jpeg image is valid does not exist.
This module extracts the first 2 bytes of a file and checks if they are in equals to ffd8
(the magic number used by jpeg image).
That's it! :)
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Very simple node.js package to check if a jpeg image is valid
The npm package valid-jpeg receives a total of 0 weekly downloads. As such, valid-jpeg popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that valid-jpeg 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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