specio.get_reader

specio.get_reader(uri, format=None, **kwargs)

Return a Reader instance.

Returns a Reader object which can be used to read data and meta data from the specified file.

Parameters:

uri : {str, file}

The resource to load the image from, e.g. a filename.

format : str

The format to use to read the file. By default specio selects the appropriate for you based on the filename and its contents.

kwargs : dict

Further keyword arguments are passed to the reader. See help() to see what arguments are available for a particular format.

Returns:

reader : Format.Reader

specio.Reader instance allowing to read the data.