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diff --git a/bh20sequploader/qc_fasta.py b/bh20sequploader/qc_fasta.py
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+import pkg_resources
+import tempfile
+import magic
+
+def qc_fasta(sequence):
+    schema_resource = pkg_resources.resource_stream(__name__, "validation/formats")
+    with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile() as tmp:
+        tmp.write(schema_resource.read())
+        tmp.flush()
+        val = magic.Magic(magic_file=tmp.name,
+                          uncompress=False, mime=True)
+    seq_type = val.from_buffer(sequence.read(4096)).lower()
+    sequence.seek(0)
+    if seq_type == "text/fasta":
+        # ensure that contains only one entry
+        entries = 0
+        for line in sequence:
+            if line.startswith(">"):
+                entries += 1
+            if entries > 1:
+                raise ValueError("FASTA file contains multiple entries")
+                break
+        sequence.seek(0)
+        return "reads.fastq"
+    elif seq_type == "text/fastq":
+        return "sequence.fasta"
+    else:
+        raise ValueError("Sequence file does not look like FASTA or FASTQ")