def guesstype(url):
'''
Return a filetype associated to the url "url"
'''
path = urlparse(url).path
ext = os.path.splitext(path)[-1].lstrip('.')
for p in blocks.parsers():
if ext in p.extensions:
return p.extensions[ext]
return 'unknown'
def gethandler(filetype, mode='r'):
'''
Return a gicdat.Parser subclass that claims it can handle files of filetype (a mimetype-like string) in mode ('r' or 'w' for read or write)
'''
for p in blocks.parsers():
if mode == 'r' and filetype in p.canread:
return p
elif mode == 'w' and filetype in p.canwrite:
return p
raise IOError('No known handler for file type %s in mode %s' % (filetype, mode))