Quick Start Guide — h5py 3.5.0 documentation
docs.h5py.org › en › stableThe very first thing you’ll need to do is to open the file for reading: >>> import h5py >>> f = h5py.File('mytestfile.hdf5', 'r') The File object is your starting point. What is stored in this file? Remember h5py.File acts like a Python dictionary, thus we can check the keys, >>> list(f.keys()) ['mydataset']
Attributes — h5py 3.5.0 documentation
docs.h5py.org › en › stableEach attribute should be small (generally < 64k) There is no partial I/O (i.e. slicing); the entire attribute must be read. The .attrs proxy objects are of class AttributeManager, below. This class supports a dictionary-style interface. By default, attributes are iterated in alphanumeric order.
Strings in HDF5 — h5py 3.5.0 documentation
docs.h5py.org › en › stableString data in HDF5 datasets is read as bytes by default: bytes objects for variable-length strings, or numpy bytes arrays ( 'S' dtypes) for fixed-length strings. Use Dataset.asstr () to retrieve str objects. Variable-length strings in attributes are read as str objects. These are decoded as UTF-8 with surrogate escaping for unrecognised bytes.
Datasets — h5py 3.5.0 documentation
docs.h5py.org › en › stableInstead, it is a dataset with an associated type, no data, and no shape. In h5py, we represent this as either a dataset with shape None, or an instance of h5py.Empty. Empty datasets and attributes cannot be sliced. To create an empty attribute, use h5py.Empty as per Attributes: >>>
Attributes — h5py 3.5.0 documentation
https://docs.h5py.org/en/stable/high/attr.htmlAttributes — h5py 3.5.0 documentation Attributes ¶ Attributes are a critical part of what makes HDF5 a “self-describing” format. They are small named pieces of data attached directly to Group and Dataset objects. This is the official way to store metadata in HDF5. Each Group or Dataset has a small proxy object attached to it, at <obj>.attrs.
Strings in HDF5 — h5py 3.5.0 documentation
https://docs.h5py.org/en/stable/strings.htmlReading strings¶. String data in HDF5 datasets is read as bytes by default: bytes objects for variable-length strings, or numpy bytes arrays ('S' dtypes) for fixed-length strings. Use Dataset.asstr() to retrieve str objects.. Variable-length strings in attributes are read as str objects. These are decoded as UTF-8 with surrogate escaping for unrecognised bytes.