identify_format

astropy.io.registry.identify_format(origin, data_class_required, path, fileobj, args, kwargs)

Loop through identifiers to see which formats match.

Parameters:

originpython:str

A string "read or "write" identifying whether the file is to be opened for reading or writing.

data_class_requiredobject

The specified class for the result of read or the class that is to be written.

pathpython:str or python:path-like object or python:None

The path to the file or None.

fileobjpython:file-like object or None.

An open file object to read the file’s contents, or None if the file could not be opened.

argspython:sequence

Positional arguments for the read or write function. Note that these must be provided as sequence.

kwargsdict-like

Keyword arguments for the read or write function. Note that this parameter must be dict-like.

Returns:

valid_formatspython:list

List of matching formats.