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