Missing files for `magic` library on Windows

Question

I need to get mime type for some files on windows, so i\'ve installed python-magic (on 32-bit python 2.7.3).
It depends on unix magic library.<

Answer 1

As the python-magic problems seems to be quite common, here a working solution fo future googlers: After testing most solutions without altering the source-code, I found the following to get python-magic working out of the box:

1. Install GnuWin32 file first
2. Set the environment variable MAGIC=path\to\gnuwin32\share\misc\magic
3. Assure all installed executables/libraries to be accessible via the PATH
4. Install python-magic via pip

Answer 2

Path to magic file has to be explicitly passed to the constructor.

magic_object = magic.Magic(magic_file = 'path_to_magic_files/magic'))

Answer 3

For future google visitors: Another solution is setting the %MAGIC% enviroment variable in the systems setting to point to the magic file, for me it was:

"c:\Program Files (x86)\GnuWin32\share\misc\magic"

No need to hardcode the path in your program!