`numpy.lib._datasource:open`

Signature

   def     open (    path    ,    mode    =  r   ,    destpath    =  .   ,    encoding    =  None   ,    newline    =  None     )

Open path with mode and return the file object.

If path is an URL, it will be downloaded, stored in the DataSource destpath directory and opened from there.

path : str or pathlib.Path: Local file path or URL to open.
mode : str, optional: Mode to open path. Mode 'r' for reading, 'w' for writing, 'a' to append. Available modes depend on the type of object specified by path. Default is 'r'.
destpath : str, optional: Path to the directory where the source file gets downloaded to for use. If destpath is None, a temporary directory will be created. The default path is the current directory.
encoding : {None, str}, optional: Open text file with given encoding. The default encoding will be what open uses.
newline : {None, str}, optional: Newline to use when reading text file.

This is a convenience function that instantiates a DataSource and returns the file object from DataSource.open(path).