API Reference

Core

create(path, base_url[, version, …])	Create a Pooch with sensible defaults to fetch data files.
Pooch(path, base_url[, registry, urls])	Manager for a local data storage that can fetch from a remote source.

Utilities

os_cache(project)	Default cache location based on the operating system.
make_registry(directory, output[, recursive])	Make a registry of files and hashes for the given directory.
file_hash(fname)	Calculate the SHA256 hash of a given file.
check_version(version[, fallback])	Check if a version is PEP440 compliant and there are no unreleased changes.
get_logger()	Get the default event logger.

Downloaders

HTTPDownloader([progressbar, chunk_size])	Download manager for fetching files over HTTP/HTTPS.
FTPDownloader([port, username, password, …])	Download manager for fetching files over FTP.

Processors

Unzip([members])	Processor that unpacks a zip archive and returns a list of all files.
Untar([members])	Processor that unpacks a tar archive and returns a list of all files.
Decompress([method])	Processor that decompress a file and returns the decompressed version.

Miscellaneous

test([doctest, verbose, coverage])

Run the test suite.