snowglobes_data

Module to make SNOwGLoBES data files available as a PyPI package.

This lets any Python package install SNOwGLoBES data files as a dependency via pip and access them via the importlib.resources module.

Usage

Install this package manually using

pip install snowglobes_data

or automatically by listing it as a dependency e.g. in the pyproject.toml or requirements.txt file of another Python package.

You can then access the data files without cloning the SNOwGLoBES repo and manually hard-coding its path in the script:

from importlib.resources import files  # on Python 3.9 and later
#from importlib_resources import files  # on Python 3.8 or earlier
import snowglobes_data

# Use `files(snowglobes_data)` instead of the hard-coded path to the SNOwGLoBES repo:
with open(files(snowglobes_data).joinpath("detector_configurations.dat")) as detectors:
    for line in detectors:
        print(line.strip())

Note: files is available since Python 3.9. If you are using an older Python version, please install and use the backport importlib_resources instead.