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https://github.com/faheel/file-extensions

JSON collection of scraped file extensions, along with their description and type, from FileInfo.com
https://github.com/faheel/file-extensions

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JSON collection of scraped file extensions, along with their description and type, from FileInfo.com

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# File extensions

JSON collection of scraped file extensions, along with their description and type, from [FileInfo.com][fileinfo].

The scraped data is available as JSON in two formats:

1. ### [Extensions by type](extensions_by_type.json)

This JSON dictionary has **file types** as keys that map to an **array of extentsions** which are of that type.

```json
{
"3D image": [
".OBJ",
".3DS",
".3DM",
".MAX",
...
],
"Audio": [
".AIF",
".M4A",
".MID",
".MP3",
...
],
...
}
```

2. ### [Extensions with details](extensions.json)

This JSON dictionary has **file extensions** as keys that map to a dictionary containing the **description** of that extension and its **type**.

```json
{
".!BT": {
"description": "BitTorrent Incomplete Download File",
"type": "Misc"
},
".!QB": {
"description": "qBittorrent Partial Download File",
"type": "Misc"
},
".!SYNC": {
"description": "BitTorrent Partially Synced File",
"type": "Misc"
},
...
}
```

## License

This project is licensed under the terms of the [MIT license](LICENSE).

[fileinfo]: https://fileinfo.com