pyart.io.prepare_for_read#

pyart.io.prepare_for_read(filename, storage_options={'anon': True})[source]#

Return a file like object read for reading.

Open a file for reading in binary mode with transparent decompression of Gzip and BZip2 files. The resulting file-like object should be closed.

Parameters:

  • filename (str or file-like object) – Filename or file-like object which will be opened. File-like objects will not be examined for compressed data.

  • storage_options (dict, optional) – Parameters passed to the backend file-system such as Google Cloud Storage, Amazon Web Service S3.

Returns:

file_like (file-like object) – File like object from which data can be read.