Reference/API

astropy.io.registry Package

Unified I/O Registry.

Functions

register_reader(data_format, data_class, ...)	Register a reader function.
register_writer(data_format, data_class, ...)	Register a table writer function.
register_identifier(data_format, data_class, ...)	Associate an identifier function with a specific data type.
unregister_reader(data_format, data_class)	Unregister a reader function.
unregister_writer(data_format, data_class)	Unregister a writer function.
unregister_identifier(data_format, data_class)	Unregister an identifier function.
get_reader(data_format, data_class)	Get reader for data_format.
get_writer(data_format, data_class)	Get writer for data_format.
get_formats([data_class, readwrite])	Get the list of registered I/O formats as a Table.
read(cls, *args[, format, cache])	Read in data.
write(data, *args[, format])	Write out data.
identify_format(origin, data_class_required, ...)	Loop through identifiers to see which formats match.
delay_doc_updates(cls)	Contextmanager to disable documentation updates when registering reader and writer.

Classes

UnifiedIORegistry()	Unified I/O Registry.
UnifiedInputRegistry()	Read-only Unified Registry.
UnifiedOutputRegistry()	Write-only Registry.
UnifiedReadWriteMethod([fget, fset, fdel, doc])	Descriptor class for creating read() and write() methods in unified I/O.
UnifiedReadWrite(instance, cls, method_name)	Base class for the worker object used in unified read() or write() methods.
IORegistryError	Custom error for registry clashes.

Class Inheritance Diagram