from ctypes.util import find_library import ctypes import sys import glob import os.path def _lib_candidates(): yield find_library('magic') if sys.platform == 'darwin': paths = [ '/opt/local/lib', '/usr/local/lib', '/opt/homebrew/lib', ] + glob.glob('/usr/local/Cellar/libmagic/*/lib') for i in paths: yield os.path.join(i, 'libmagic.dylib') elif sys.platform in ('win32', 'cygwin'): prefixes = ['libmagic', 'magic1', 'cygmagic-1', 'libmagic-1', 'msys-magic-1'] for i in prefixes: # find_library searches in %PATH% but not the current directory, # so look for both yield './%s.dll' % (i,) yield find_library(i) elif sys.platform == 'linux': # This is necessary because alpine is bad yield 'libmagic.so.1' def load_lib(): for lib in _lib_candidates(): # find_library returns None when lib not found if lib is None: continue try: return ctypes.CDLL(lib) except OSError: pass else: # It is better to raise an ImportError since we are importing magic module raise ImportError('failed to find libmagic. Check your installation')