# is-jpg [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/is-jpg.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/is-jpg) > Check if a Buffer/Uint8Array is a [JPEG](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JPEG) image ## Install ``` $ npm install is-jpg ``` ## Usage ##### Node.js ```js const readChunk = require('read-chunk'); const isJpg = require('is-jpg'); const buffer = readChunk.sync('unicorn.jpg', 0, 3); isJpg(buffer); //=> true ``` ##### Browser ```js const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest(); xhr.open('GET', 'unicorn.jpg'); xhr.responseType = 'arraybuffer'; xhr.onload = () => { isJpg(new Uint8Array(this.response)); //=> true }; xhr.send(); ``` ## API ### isJpg(buffer) Accepts a Buffer (Node.js) or Uint8Array. It only needs the first 3 bytes. ## Related - [file-type](https://github.com/sindresorhus/file-type) - Detect the file type of a Buffer/Uint8Array ## License MIT © [Sindre Sorhus](https://sindresorhus.com)