pandas.read_hdf()

path_or_buf : path (string), buffer, or path object (pathlib.Path or

py._path.local.LocalPath) to read from

key : group identifier in the store. Can be omitted if the HDF file

contains a single pandas object.

where : list of Term (or convertable) objects, optional

start : optional, integer (defaults to None), row number to start

selection

stop : optional, integer (defaults to None), row number to stop

selection

columns : optional, a list of columns that if not None, will limit the

return columns

iterator : optional, boolean, return an iterator, default False

chunksize : optional, nrows to include in iteration, return an iterator