ImageInputStream iis = ImageIO.createImageInputStream(file);

Iterator<ImageReader> imageReaders = ImageIO.getImageReaders(iis);

while (imageReaders.hasNext()) {
    ImageReader reader = (ImageReader) imageReaders.next();
    System.out.printf("formatName: %s%n", reader.getFormatName());
}

// URLConnection.guessContentTypeFromStream only needs the first 12 bytes, but
// just to be safe from future java api enhancements, we'll use a larger number
int pushbackLimit = 100;
InputStream urlStream = url.openStream();
PushbackInputStream pushUrlStream = new PushbackInputStream(urlStream, pushbackLimit);
byte [] firstBytes = new byte[pushbackLimit];
// download the first initial bytes into a byte array, which we will later pass to
// URLConnection.guessContentTypeFromStream
pushUrlStream.read(firstBytes);
// push the bytes back onto the PushbackInputStream so that the stream can be read
// by ImageIO reader in its entirety
pushUrlStream.unread(firstBytes);

String imageType = null;
// Pass the initial bytes to URLConnection.guessContentTypeFromStream in the form of a
// ByteArrayInputStream, which is mark supported.
ByteArrayInputStream bais = new ByteArrayInputStream(firstBytes);
String mimeType = URLConnection.guessContentTypeFromStream(bais);
if (mimeType.startsWith("image/"))
    imageType = mimeType.substring("image/".length());
// else handle failure here

// read in image
BufferedImage inputImage = ImageIO.read(pushUrlStream);

public static BufferedImageWrapper getImageAndTypeFromInputStream(InputStream is) {

    String format = null;
    BufferedImage bufferedimage = null;
    try (ImageInputStream iis = ImageIO.createImageInputStream(is);) {

      Iterator<ImageReader> readers = ImageIO.getImageReaders(iis);

      if (readers.hasNext()) {

        ImageReader reader = readers.next();
        format = reader.getFormatName();
        reader.setInput(iis);
        bufferedimage = reader.read(0);
      }
    } catch (IOException e) {
      logger.error("ERROR DETERMINING IMAGE TYPE!!!", e);
    }

    return new BufferedImageWrapper(format, bufferedimage);
  }

  public static class BufferedImageWrapper {

    private final String imageType;
    private final BufferedImage bufferedimage;

    /**
     * Constructor
     *
     * @param imageType
     * @param bufferedimage
     */
    public BufferedImageWrapper(String imageType, BufferedImage bufferedimage) {
      this.imageType = imageType;
      this.bufferedimage = bufferedimage;
    }

    public String getImageType() {

      return imageType;
    }

    public BufferedImage getBufferedimage() {

      return bufferedimage;
    }

  }

public String getImageFileExtFromUrl(URL urlObject) throws URISyntaxException, IOException{
    System.out.println("IN DOWNLOAD FILE FROM URL METHOD");
    String tmpFolder = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir");
    String tmpFileStr = tmpFolder + "/" + new Date().getTime();
    Files.copy(urlObject.openStream(), Paths.get(tmpFileStr), StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);
    File download = new File(tmpFileStr);
    System.out.println("FILE DOWNLOAD EXISTS: " + download.exists() );
    try{
        ImageInputStream iis = ImageIO.createImageInputStream(download);
        Iterator<ImageReader> iter = ImageIO.getImageReaders(iis);

        ImageReader reader = iter.next();
        String formatName = reader.getFormatName();
        System.out.println("FOUND IMAGE FORMAT :" + formatName);
        iis.close();
        return formatName;
    }catch(Exception e){
        e.printStackTrace();
    }finally{
        Files.delete(Paths.get(tmpFileStr));
    }
    return null;



}