read_ligolw

gwpy.io.ligolw.read_ligolw(

source: NamedReadable | list[NamedReadable],

contenthandler: type[ContentHandler] | None = None,

**kwargs,

) → Document

Read one or more LIGO_LW format files.

Parameters:

sourcestr, file, list of str or file

The open file or file path to read.

contenthandlerContentHandler, optional

Content handler used to parse document.

kwargs

Other keyword arguments to pass to igwn_ligolw.utils.load_url.

Returns:

xmldocDocument

the document object as parsed from the file(s)