I have some URLs to play content from, but I have to identify whether the given URL contains video or audio. How can I do this?
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I have some URLs to play content from, but I have to identify whether the given URL contains video or audio. How can I do this?
The only way to tell what kind of content a URL references is to send a HEAD request and check the Content-Type returned. Or you could just start retrieving the resource and decide what to do with it when you get the headers. That’s the approach web browsers take.