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GroupDocs.Comparison for Python via .NET detects file type from the extension by default. When the extension is missing, wrong, or ambiguous, set the file type explicitly via LoadOptions.file_type.

from groupdocs.comparison import Comparer
from groupdocs.comparison.options import LoadOptions
from groupdocs.comparison.result import FileType

def specify_file_type_manually():
    load_options = LoadOptions()
    load_options.file_type = FileType.DOCX

    with Comparer("./source.docx", load_options) as comparer:
        comparer.add("./target.docx", load_options)
        comparer.compare("./result.docx")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    specify_file_type_manually()

Binary file (DOCX, 25 KB)

Use case: process files with incorrect or missing extensions by forcing the correct type.

A few commonly-used members of groupdocs.comparison.result.FileType:

To enumerate every supported value at runtime, call FileType.get_supported_file_types().

• Files with no extension. Documents downloaded from S3 or content systems that strip extensions still need a file-type hint.
• Wrong extension. Files renamed by content-management systems (e.g., .bin, .dat) that hold valid Word / PDF bytes.
• Custom content-type detection. Pipelines where Python has already inspected the file (via python-magic or similar) and wants to bypass the library’s extension-based detection.

• Get supported file formats — enumerate every recognised type at runtime.
• Load file from stream — streams have no implicit extension; combine with manual file-type for full control.