identify_format¶

astropy.io.registry.identify_format(origin, data_class_required, path, fileobj, args, kwargs)[source]¶

Loop through identifiers to see which formats match.

Parameters:

origin : str: A string "read or "write" identifying whether the file is to be opened for reading or writing.
data_class_required : object: The specified class for the result of read or the class that is to be written.
path : str, other path object or None: The path to the file or None.
fileobj : File object or None.: An open file object to read the file’s contents, or None if the file could not be opened.
args : sequence: Positional arguments for the read or write function. Note that these must be provided as sequence.
kwargs : dict-like: Keyword arguments for the read or write function. Note that this parameter must be dict-like.

Returns: