[fpc-pascal] file identification and metadata retrieval

[Marc Santhoff]

Hi,

currently I'm searching for a library for use with fpc to handle
arbitrary files. My goal is to check if file extension corresponds with
content (e.g. a .gif named .png) and to extract metadata like author,
topic, creation date and the like.

What I have found is:

- Apache Tika - https://tika.apache.org

Very nice looking, handles a lot of file types and can give back
content, too. Sadly written in Java.

- Gnomes Tracker - https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Tracker

Does handle mime types and is embedded in freeedesktop, looking good at
first. On a second check it misses some file types, mostly CAD (no dwg,
dxf).

- file(1) and libmagic

Unix standard tools, able to identify files, not able to extract
metadata.

Next will be KDE ...

My qestion:
Is there anything already ported or bound to Pascal, which is ready for
use out of the box?

Since this is no commercial adventure it should not be more expensive
than - let's say 50€ or so.

TIA,
Marc

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Marc Santhoff <M.Santhoff at web.de>