xarray.backends.BackendEntrypoint

class xarray.backends.BackendEntrypoint

BackendEntrypoint is a class container and it is the main interface for the backend plugins, see BackendEntrypoint subclassing. It shall implement:

• open_dataset method: it shall implement reading from file, variables decoding and it returns an instance of Dataset. It shall take in input at least filename_or_obj argument and drop_variables keyword argument. For more details see open_dataset.

• guess_can_open method: it shall return True if the backend is able to open filename_or_obj, False otherwise. The implementation of this method is not mandatory.

open_dataset_parameters

A list of open_dataset method parameters. The setting of this attribute is not mandatory.

Type:

tuple, default: None

description

A short string describing the engine. The setting of this attribute is not mandatory.

Type:

str, default: ""

url

A string with the URL to the backend’s documentation. The setting of this attribute is not mandatory.

Type:

str, default: ""

__init__()

Methods

__init__()
guess_can_open(filename_or_obj)	Backend open_dataset method used by Xarray in open_dataset().
open_dataset(filename_or_obj, *[, ...])	Backend open_dataset method used by Xarray in open_dataset().

Attributes

description
open_dataset_parameters
url