# Read the SWF header

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/read-the-swf-header/162829>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [March 14, 2009, 8:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/read-the-swf-header/162829 "2009-03-14T08:04:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![manimaran](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/8e7dd6/32.png) [@manimaran](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/manimaran)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 8:04am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/read-the-swf-header/162829/1 "2009-03-14T08:04:08Z")

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Dear folks,  
I need to extract the SWF header from the SWF file. Is there any gem  
available?  
please help me.

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**Author:** ![manimaran](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/8e7dd6/32.png) [@manimaran](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/manimaran)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2009, 11:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/read-the-swf-header/162829/2 "2009-03-14T11:41:14Z")

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Maran Chandrasekar wrote:

> Dear folks,  
> I need to extract the SWF header from the SWF file. Is there any gem  
> available?  
> please help me.

Are you looking for something like this?  
[http://code.google.com/p/swf-util/](http://code.google.com/p/swf-util/)