Reading GEDCOM files¶
The function gedcom.parse()
reads a file, string, or file-like object and returns a gedcom.GedcomFile
.
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gedcom.
parse
(obj)¶ Parse and return this object, if it’s a file.
If it’s a filename, it calls
parse_filename()
, for file-like objects,parse_fp
, for strings, callsparse_string
.Parameters: obj – filename, open file-like object or string contents of GEDCOM file Returns: GedcomFile
Writing GEDCOM files¶
gedcom.GedcomFile.save()
saves a gedcom.GedcomFile
to a specified filename, or file-like object.
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GedcomFile.
save
(fileout)¶ Save the contents of this GEDCOM file to specified filename or file-like object.
Parameters: fileout – Filename or open file-like object to save this to. Raises: Exception – if the filename exists