io - Data In- and Output

This module exposes the generic file reader.

class osmium.io.Reader

A class that reads OSM data from a file.

close((Reader)self) → None :

Close any open file handles. The reader is unusable afterwards.

eof((Reader)self) → bool :

Check if the end of file has been reached.

header((Reader)self) → Header :

Return the header with file information, see osmium.io.Header.

class osmium.io.Header

File header with global information about the file.

box((Header)self) → Box :

Return the bounding box of the data in the file or an invalid box if the information is not available.

get((Header)self, (str)key[, (str)default='']) → str :

Get the value of header option ‘key’ or default value if there is no header option with that name. The default cannot be None.

has_multiple_object_versions

True if there may be more than one version of the same object in the file. This happens normally only in history files.

set((Header)self, (str)key, (str)value) → None :

Set the value of header option ‘key’.