DataSource.open()

DataSource.open(path, mode='r') [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:

Parameters:	path : str 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?.
Returns:	out : file object File object.

path : str

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?.

Returns:

out : file object

File object.

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