numpy.DataSource.open#

method

DataSource.open(path, mode='r', encoding=None, newline=None)[source]#

Open and return file-like object.

If path is an URL, it will be downloaded, stored in the DataSource directory and opened from there.

Parameters:

pathstr: Local file path or URL to open.
mode{‘r’, ‘w’, ‘a’}, optional: Mode to open path. Mode ‘r’ for reading, ‘w’ for writing, ‘a’ to append. Available modes depend on the type of object specified by path. Default is ‘r’.
encoding{None, str}, optional: Open text file with given encoding. The default encoding will be what io.open uses.
newline{None, str}, optional: Newline to use when reading text file.

Returns: