obspy.core.inventory.inventory.Inventory.write

Inventory.write(path_or_file_object, format, **kwargs)

Writes the inventory object to a file or file-like object in the specified format.

Parameters

• path_or_file_object – File name or file-like object to be written to.

• format (str) – The file format to use (e.g. "STATIONXML"). See the Supported Formats section below for a list of supported formats.

• kwargs – Additional keyword arguments passed to the underlying plugin’s writer method.

Example

>>> from obspy import read_inventory
>>> inventory = read_inventory()
>>> inventory.write("example.xml",
...                 format="STATIONXML")  

Supported Formats

Additional ObsPy modules extend the parameters of the write() method. The following table summarizes all known formats with write capability currently available for ObsPy.

Please refer to the Linked Function Call of each module for any extra options available.

Format	Used Module	Linked Function Call
CSS	obspy.io.css	obspy.io.css.station._write_css()
KML	obspy.io.kml	obspy.io.kml.core._write_kml()
SACPZ	obspy.io.sac	obspy.io.sac.sacpz._write_sacpz()
SHAPEFILE	obspy.io.shapefile	obspy.io.shapefile.core._write_shapefile()
STATIONTXT	obspy.io.stationtxt	obspy.io.stationtxt.core._write_stationtxt()
STATIONXML	obspy.io.stationxml	obspy.io.stationxml.core._write_stationxml()