pub const SNIFF_LEN: usize = 512;
#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq)]
pub enum Format {
Gzip,
Zstd,
Xz,
Bzip2,
Lz4,
Tar,
Plain,
}
const LZ4_FRAME: [u8; 4] = [0x04, 0x22, 0x4D, 0x18];
const LZ4_LEGACY: [u8; 4] = [0x02, 0x21, 0x4C, 0x18];
const BZ_BLOCK: [u8; 6] = [0x31, 0x41, 0x59, 0x26, 0x53, 0x59];
const BZ_END: [u8; 6] = [0x17, 0x72, 0x45, 0x38, 0x50, 0x90];
fn is_skippable(b: &[u8]) -> bool {
b.len() >= 4 && (0x50..=0x5F).contains(&b[0]) && b[1..4] == [0x2A, 0x4D, 0x18]
}
pub fn skippable_prefix(head: &[u8]) -> Option<usize> {
let mut at = 0usize;
while is_skippable(&head[at..]) {
let len = head.get(at + 4..at + 8)?;
let len = u32::from_le_bytes(len.try_into().unwrap()) as usize;
at = at.checked_add(8 + len).filter(|&next| next <= head.len())?;
}
Some(at)
}
fn after_skippable(head: &[u8]) -> Format {
let Some(at) = skippable_prefix(head) else { return Format::Zstd };
match head.get(at..at + 4) {
Some(m) if m == LZ4_FRAME || m == LZ4_LEGACY => Format::Lz4,
_ => Format::Zstd,
}
}
pub fn sniff(head: &[u8]) -> Format {
if head.len() >= 2 && head[0] == 0x1f && head[1] == 0x8b {
return Format::Gzip;
}
if head.len() >= 4 && head[..4] == [0x28, 0xB5, 0x2F, 0xFD] {
return Format::Zstd;
}
if head.len() >= 4 && (head[..4] == LZ4_FRAME || head[..4] == LZ4_LEGACY) {
return Format::Lz4;
}
if is_skippable(head) {
return after_skippable(head);
}
if head.len() >= 6 && head[..6] == [0xFD, b'7', b'z', b'X', b'Z', 0x00] {
return Format::Xz;
}
if head.len() >= 10
&& head[..3] == *b"BZh"
&& (b'1'..=b'9').contains(&head[3])
&& (head[4..10] == BZ_BLOCK || head[4..10] == BZ_END)
{
return Format::Bzip2;
}
if head.len() >= 262 && &head[257..262] == b"ustar" {
return Format::Tar;
}
Format::Plain
}
#[cfg(test)]
mod tests {
use super::*;
#[test]
fn detects_gzip_from_magic() {
assert_eq!(sniff(&[0x1f, 0x8b, 0x08, 0x00]), Format::Gzip);
}
#[test]
fn detects_ustar_tar_at_offset_257() {
let mut b = vec![0u8; 512];
b[257..262].copy_from_slice(b"ustar");
assert_eq!(sniff(&b), Format::Tar);
}
#[test]
fn detects_gnu_tar_variant() {
let mut b = vec![0u8; 512];
b[257..265].copy_from_slice(b"ustar \0");
assert_eq!(sniff(&b), Format::Tar);
}
#[test]
fn detects_zstd_from_magic() {
assert_eq!(sniff(&[0x28, 0xB5, 0x2F, 0xFD, 0x00]), Format::Zstd);
}
#[test]
fn a_skippable_frame_is_zstd() {
for low in 0x50..=0x5F {
assert_eq!(sniff(&[low, 0x2A, 0x4D, 0x18, 4, 0, 0, 0]), Format::Zstd, "magic {low:#x}");
}
assert_eq!(sniff(&[0x60, 0x2A, 0x4D, 0x18, 4, 0, 0, 0]), Format::Plain, "just past the range");
}
#[test]
fn zstd_magic_needs_all_four_bytes() {
assert_eq!(sniff(&[0x28, 0xB5, 0x2F]), Format::Plain);
}
#[test]
fn zstd_wins_over_a_coincidental_ustar() {
let mut b = vec![0u8; 512];
b[..4].copy_from_slice(&[0x28, 0xB5, 0x2F, 0xFD]);
b[257..262].copy_from_slice(b"ustar");
assert_eq!(sniff(&b), Format::Zstd);
}
#[test]
fn detects_xz_from_magic() {
assert_eq!(sniff(&[0xFD, b'7', b'z', b'X', b'Z', 0x00, 0x00]), Format::Xz);
}
#[test]
fn xz_magic_needs_all_six_bytes() {
assert_eq!(sniff(&[0xFD, b'7', b'z', b'X', b'Z']), Format::Plain);
}
#[test]
fn xz_wins_over_a_coincidental_ustar() {
let mut b = vec![0u8; 512];
b[..6].copy_from_slice(&[0xFD, b'7', b'z', b'X', b'Z', 0x00]);
b[257..262].copy_from_slice(b"ustar");
assert_eq!(sniff(&b), Format::Xz);
}
fn bz2_head(level: u8) -> Vec<u8> {
let mut b = b"BZh".to_vec();
b.push(level);
b.extend_from_slice(&BZ_BLOCK);
b
}
#[test]
fn detects_bzip2_from_magic() {
for level in b'1'..=b'9' {
assert_eq!(sniff(&bz2_head(level)), Format::Bzip2, "BZh{}", level as char);
}
}
#[test]
fn an_empty_bzip2_stream_is_bzip2() {
let mut b = b"BZh9".to_vec();
b.extend_from_slice(&BZ_END);
assert_eq!(sniff(&b), Format::Bzip2);
}
#[test]
fn bzip2_needs_more_than_its_printable_prefix() {
assert_eq!(sniff(b"BZh9 is not a block size\n"), Format::Plain);
assert_eq!(sniff(b"BZh0"), Format::Plain);
let mut zero = b"BZh0".to_vec();
zero.extend_from_slice(&BZ_BLOCK);
assert_eq!(sniff(&zero), Format::Plain, "level 0 does not exist");
}
#[test]
fn bzip2_wins_over_a_coincidental_ustar() {
let mut b = vec![0u8; 512];
b[..10].copy_from_slice(&bz2_head(b'9'));
b[257..262].copy_from_slice(b"ustar");
assert_eq!(sniff(&b), Format::Bzip2);
}
#[test]
fn detects_lz4_frame_and_legacy_magics() {
assert_eq!(sniff(&[0x04, 0x22, 0x4D, 0x18, 0x64]), Format::Lz4);
assert_eq!(sniff(&[0x02, 0x21, 0x4C, 0x18, 0x00]), Format::Lz4);
assert_eq!(sniff(&[0x04, 0x22, 0x4D]), Format::Plain, "needs all four bytes");
}
#[test]
fn lz4_wins_over_a_coincidental_ustar() {
let mut b = vec![0u8; 512];
b[..4].copy_from_slice(&LZ4_FRAME);
b[257..262].copy_from_slice(b"ustar");
assert_eq!(sniff(&b), Format::Lz4);
}
#[test]
fn a_skippable_frame_before_lz4_is_lz4() {
let mut b = vec![0x50, 0x2A, 0x4D, 0x18, 4, 0, 0, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4];
b.extend_from_slice(&LZ4_FRAME);
assert_eq!(sniff(&b), Format::Lz4);
}
#[test]
fn a_skippable_frame_before_zstd_is_still_zstd() {
let mut b = vec![0x5F, 0x2A, 0x4D, 0x18, 0, 0, 0, 0];
b.extend_from_slice(&[0x50, 0x2A, 0x4D, 0x18, 2, 0, 0, 0, 9, 9]);
b.extend_from_slice(&[0x28, 0xB5, 0x2F, 0xFD]);
assert_eq!(sniff(&b), Format::Zstd, "two skippable frames, then zstd");
}
#[test]
fn a_skippable_frame_past_the_window_is_zstd_not_plain() {
let mut b = vec![0x50, 0x2A, 0x4D, 0x18, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF];
b.resize(SNIFF_LEN, 0);
assert_eq!(sniff(&b), Format::Zstd);
assert_eq!(sniff(&[0x50, 0x2A, 0x4D, 0x18, 4]), Format::Zstd, "truncated length");
}
#[test]
fn plain_text_is_plain() {
assert_eq!(sniff(b"2026-08-24T00:00:00Z GET /index.php\n"), Format::Plain);
}
#[test]
fn short_input_is_plain_not_panic() {
assert_eq!(sniff(b""), Format::Plain);
assert_eq!(sniff(&[0x1f]), Format::Plain);
}
#[test]
fn gzip_wins_over_a_coincidental_ustar() {
let mut b = vec![0u8; 512];
b[0] = 0x1f; b[1] = 0x8b;
b[257..262].copy_from_slice(b"ustar");
assert_eq!(sniff(&b), Format::Gzip);
}
}