bazarr/libs/chardet/__init__.py

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######################## BEGIN LICENSE BLOCK ########################
# This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
# version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# This library 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
# Lesser General Public License for more details.
#
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# License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
# 02110-1301 USA
######################### END LICENSE BLOCK #########################
from .compat import PY2, PY3
from .universaldetector import UniversalDetector
from .version import __version__, VERSION
def detect(byte_str):
"""
Detect the encoding of the given byte string.
:param byte_str: The byte sequence to examine.
:type byte_str: ``bytes`` or ``bytearray``
"""
if not isinstance(byte_str, bytearray):
if not isinstance(byte_str, bytes):
raise TypeError('Expected object of type bytes or bytearray, got: '
'{0}'.format(type(byte_str)))
else:
byte_str = bytearray(byte_str)
detector = UniversalDetector()
detector.feed(byte_str)
return detector.close()