find_types#

gwpy.io.datafind.find_types(
observatory: str,
match: str | Pattern | None = None,
trend: str | None = None,
**kwargs,
) list[str][source]#

Find the available data types for a given observatory.

Parameters:
observatorystr

The observatory for which to search, as a single character, e.g "G" for GEO-600.

matchstr, re.Pattern, optional

Regular expression to match types against.

trendstr, optional

A trend type name to prioritise, e.g. "m-trend".

kwargs

Other arguments are passed to gwdatafind.find_types.

Returns:
typeslist of str

A list of matching types, sorted by priority (h(t) datasets first, large datasets last).

See also

gwdatafind.find_types

For details of how available types are discovered.