Verify an image in python

verify_image.py

import contextlib
from pathlib import PATH

from PIL import Image

def _is_valid_image(file: Path) -> bool:
    """Determine if the image is valid

    References: https://stackoverflow.com/a/53470882

    Args:
        file: Filename of image

    Returns:
        bool: True if image is valid, False otherwise
    """

    try:
        assert file.exists()  # Check for existence
        assert file.stat().st_size > 0  # Check if there is some data

        with contextlib.closing(Image.open(file)) as im:
            # Use PIL to verify image
            im.verify()

        with contextlib.closing(Image.open(file)) as im:
            # Image.verify() will raise an exception if the image is corrupted.
            # Computing a transformation of the image will raise an exception if the image is corrupted.
            im.transpose(Image.FLIP_LEFT_RIGHT)

        return True
    except Exception:
        return False