HE5
application/x-hdf
Magic Bytes
Offset: 0
0E 03 13 01
The HDF-EOS5 (HE5) format is a specialized standard developed by NASA to manage data from Earth Observing System missions, built upon the underlying Hierarchical Data Format 5 (HDF5) technology. It is utilized extensively by the scientific community for organizing complex multidimensional datasets, satellite imagery, and geospatial metadata. While the format serves as a safe container for binary scientific data, specialized libraries are typically required to correctly interpret the specific EOS structural extensions embedded within the file.
Validation Code
How to validate .he5 files in Python
Python
def is_he5(file_path: str) -> bool:
"""Check if file is a valid HE5 by magic bytes."""
signature = bytes([0x0E, 0x03, 0x13, 0x01])
with open(file_path, "rb") as f:
return f.read(4) == signatureHow to validate .he5 files in Node.js
Node.js
function isHE5(buffer: Buffer): boolean {
const signature = Buffer.from([0x0E, 0x03, 0x13, 0x01]);
return buffer.subarray(0, 4).equals(signature);
}
Go
func IsHE5(data []byte) bool {
signature := []byte{0x0E, 0x03, 0x13, 0x01}
if len(data) < 4 {
return false
}
return bytes.Equal(data[:4], signature)
}API Endpoint
GET
/api/v1/he5
curl https://filesignature.org/api/v1/he5