HDF5.to_dict

to_dict(h5file)

Reads an HDF5 file (or sub-group) and returns its contents as a nested HDF5Dict.

Parameters

h5file : h5py.File, h5py.Group, Path, or str

HDF5 source to read. An open h5py.File or a path/str is parsed from the root; an open h5py.Group is parsed from that group onward. A "file.h5::/internal/group" string (the :: delimiter) opens the file and parses from the named internal group onward.

Returns

HDF5Dict

Nested dict mirroring the HDF5 hierarchy. Datasets become numpy arrays; attributes are stored under "_attrs".