Function●Since v0.3

detect_file_encodings

Try to detect the file encoding.

Returns a list of FileEncoding tuples with the detected encodings ordered by confidence.

detect_file_encodings(
  file_path: Union[str, Path],
  timeout: int = 5
) -> List[FileEncoding]

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`file_path`*	`Union[str, Path]`	The path to the file to detect the encoding for.
`timeout`	`int`	Default:`5` The timeout in seconds for the encoding detection.