# The PIL.ImageFileIO Module

ImageFileIO(fp) (class) [#]

  The ImageFileIO module can be used to read an image from a socket, or any other stream device.

  For more information about this class, see The ImageFileIO Class.

## The ImageFileIO Class

ImageFileIO(fp) (class) [#]

  The ImageFileIO module can be used to read an image from a socket, or any other stream device.

  This module is deprecated. New code should use the Parser class in the ImageFile module instead.

__init__(fp) [#]

  Adds buffering to a stream file object, in order to provide seek and tell methods required by the Image.open method. The stream object must implement read and close methods.

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