import_download_cache¶

astropy.utils.data.import_download_cache(filename_or_obj, urls=None, update_cache=False, pkgname='astropy')[source]¶

Imports the contents of a ZIP file into the cache.

Each member of the ZIP file should be named by a quoted version of the URL whose contents it stores. These names are decoded with unquote().

Parameters

filename_or_objstr or file-like: Where the stored ZIP file is. Must be something the zipfile module can read from.
urlsset of str or list of str or None: The URLs to import from the ZIP file. The default is all URLs in the file.
update_cachebool, optional: If True, any entry in the ZIP file will overwrite the value in the cache; if False, leave untouched any entry already in the cache.
pkgnamestr, optional: The package name to use to locate the download cache. i.e. for pkgname='astropy' the default cache location is ~/.astropy/cache.