Load files

This module gathers functions to read files.

load_files.load_data(data_batch, kw_to_extract, wl_edges, file_type, *args)

Load the data from HDF5 or FITS file, select the desired keywords and store the selected data in a dictionary.

Parameters

data_batchlist

Sequence of hdf5 files.

kw_to_extractlist

Sequence of keywords to extract from the data files.

wl_edges2-tuple

Minimum and maximum values of the wavelength to keep.

file_typestring

Type of files to load. Accept only ‘hdf5’ for HDF5 files and ‘fits’ for FITS files.

argsint

If a FITS file is load, it indicates which HDU to load. If HDF5, it does not have to be defined.

Returns

data_dicdict

Dictionary containing the loaded data.