identify_format¶
-
astropy.io.registry.
identify_format
(origin, data_class_required, path, fileobj, args, kwargs)[source]¶ Loop through identifiers to see which formats match.
- Parameters
- originstr
A string
"read
or"write"
identifying whether the file is to be opened for reading or writing.- data_class_requiredobject
The specified class for the result of
read
or the class that is to be written.- pathstr, other path object or None
The path to the file or None.
- fileobjFile object or None.
An open file object to read the file’s contents, or
None
if the file could not be opened.- argssequence
Positional arguments for the
read
orwrite
function. Note that these must be provided as sequence.- kwargsdict-like
Keyword arguments for the
read
orwrite
function. Note that this parameter must bedict
-like.
- Returns
- valid_formatslist
List of matching formats.