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+# GNU MediaGoblin -- federated, autonomous media hosting
+# Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+from mimetypes import guess_type
+
+from Image import open as image_open
+
+ALLOWED = ['image/jpeg', 'image/png', 'image/tiff', 'image/gif']
+
+def check_filetype(posted_file):
+ if not guess_type(posted_file.filename) in ALLOWED:
+ return False
+
+ try:
+ image = image_open(posted_file.file)
+ except IOError:
+ return False
+
+ return True