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fitsio

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fitsio is a pure-Go package to read and write FITS files.

Installation

$ go get codeberg.org/astrogo/fitsio

Documentation

https://godoc.org/codeberg.org/astrogo/fitsio

Contribute

astrogo/fitsio is released under BSD-3. Please send a pull request to astrogo/license, adding yourself to the AUTHORS and/or CONTRIBUTORS file.

Example

import fits "codeberg.org/astrogo/fitsio"

func dumpFitsTable(fname string) {
    r, err := os.Open(fname)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    defer r.Close()
	f, err := fits.Open(r)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	defer f.Close()

	// get the second HDU
	table := f.HDU(1).(*fits.Table)
	nrows := table.NumRows()
    rows, err := table.Read(0, nrows)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    defer rows.Close()
	for rows.Next() {
        var x, y float64
        var id int64
        err = rows.Scan(&id, &x, &y)
        if err != nil {
            panic(err)
        }
        fmt.Printf(">>> %v %v %v\n", id, x, y)
	}
    err = rows.Err()
    if err != nil { panic(err) }
    
    // using a struct
    xx := struct{
        Id int     `fits:"ID"`
        X  float64 `fits:"x"`
        Y  float64 `fits:"y"`
    }{}
    // using a map
    yy := make(map[string]interface{})
    
    rows, err = table.Read(0, nrows)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    defer rows.Close()
	for rows.Next() {
        err = rows.Scan(&xx)
        if err != nil {
            panic(err)
        }
        fmt.Printf(">>> %v\n", xx)

        err = rows.Scan(&yy)
        if err != nil {
            panic(err)
        }
        fmt.Printf(">>> %v\n", yy)
	}
    err = rows.Err()
    if err != nil { panic(err) }
    
}

TODO

  • [DONE] add support for writing tables from structs
  • [DONE] add support for writing tables from maps
  • [DONE] add support for variable length array
  • provide benchmarks wrt CFITSIO
  • add support for TUNITn
  • add support for TSCALn
  • add suport for TDIMn
  • add support for (fast, low-level) copy of FITS tables

Documentation

Overview

fitsio provides read and write access to FITS files.

Example (CreateImage3x4F64) 
package main

import (
	"log"
	"os"

	"codeberg.org/astrogo/fitsio"
)

func main() {
	f, err := os.Create("testdata/ex-img-bitpix-64.fits")
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("could not create file: %+v", err)
	}
	defer f.Close()

	fits, err := fitsio.Create(f)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("could not create FITS file: %+v", err)
	}
	defer fits.Close()

	// create primary HDU image
	var (
		bitpix = -64
		axes   = []int{3, 4}
		data   = []float64{
			0, 1, 2, 3,
			4, 5, 6, 7,
			8, 9, 0, 1,
		}
	)
	img := fitsio.NewImage(bitpix, axes)
	defer img.Close()

	err = img.Header().Append(
		fitsio.Card{
			"EXTNAME",
			"primary hdu",
			"the primary HDU",
		},
		fitsio.Card{
			"EXTVER",
			2,
			"the primary hdu version",
		},
	)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("could append cards: %+v", err)
	}

	err = img.Write(data)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("could not write data to image: %+v", err)
	}

	err = fits.Write(img)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("could not write image to FITS file: %+v", err)
	}

	err = fits.Close()
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("could not close FITS file: %+v", err)
	}

	err = f.Close()
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("could not close file: %+v", err)
	}

}
Example (CreateImage3x4I64) 
package main

import (
	"log"
	"os"

	"codeberg.org/astrogo/fitsio"
)

func main() {
	f, err := os.Create("testdata/ex-img-bitpix+64.fits")
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("could not create file: %+v", err)
	}
	defer f.Close()

	fits, err := fitsio.Create(f)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("could not create FITS file: %+v", err)
	}
	defer fits.Close()

	// create primary HDU image
	var (
		bitpix = 64
		axes   = []int{3, 4}
		data   = []int64{
			0, 1, 2, 3,
			4, 5, 6, 7,
			8, 9, 0, 1,
		}
	)
	img := fitsio.NewImage(bitpix, axes)
	defer img.Close()

	err = img.Header().Append(
		fitsio.Card{
			"EXTNAME",
			"primary hdu",
			"the primary HDU",
		},
		fitsio.Card{
			"EXTVER",
			2,
			"the primary hdu version",
		},
	)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("could append cards: %+v", err)
	}

	err = img.Write(data)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("could not write data to image: %+v", err)
	}

	err = fits.Write(img)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("could not write image to FITS file: %+v", err)
	}

	err = fits.Close()
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("could not close FITS file: %+v", err)
	}

	err = f.Close()
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("could not close file: %+v", err)
	}

}
Example (CreateImage3x4I8) 
package main

import (
	"log"
	"os"

	"codeberg.org/astrogo/fitsio"
)

func main() {
	f, err := os.Create("testdata/ex-img-bitpix+8.fits")
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("could not create file: %+v", err)
	}
	defer f.Close()

	fits, err := fitsio.Create(f)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("could not create FITS file: %+v", err)
	}
	defer fits.Close()

	// create primary HDU image
	var (
		bitpix = 8
		axes   = []int{3, 4}
		data   = []int8{
			0, 1, 2, 3,
			4, 5, 6, 7,
			8, 9, 0, 1,
		}
	)
	img := fitsio.NewImage(bitpix, axes)
	defer img.Close()

	err = img.Header().Append(
		fitsio.Card{
			"EXTNAME",
			"primary hdu",
			"the primary HDU",
		},
		fitsio.Card{
			"EXTVER",
			2,
			"the primary hdu version",
		},
	)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("could append cards: %+v", err)
	}

	err = img.Write(data)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("could not write data to image: %+v", err)
	}

	err = fits.Write(img)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("could not write image to FITS file: %+v", err)
	}

	err = fits.Close()
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("could not close FITS file: %+v", err)
	}

	err = f.Close()
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("could not close file: %+v", err)
	}

}
Example (Open) 
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"os"

	"codeberg.org/astrogo/fitsio"
)

func main() {
	f, err := os.Open("testdata/file-img2-bitpix+08.fits")
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("could not open file: %+v", err)
	}
	defer f.Close()

	fits, err := fitsio.Open(f)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("could not open FITS file: %+v", err)
	}
	defer fits.Close()

	for i, hdu := range fits.HDUs() {
		fmt.Printf("Header listing for HDU #%d:\n", i)
		hdr := hdu.Header()
		for k := range hdr.Keys() {
			card := hdr.Card(k)
			fmt.Printf(
				"%-8s= %-29s / %s\n",
				card.Name,
				fmt.Sprintf("%v", card.Value),
				card.Comment)
		}
		fmt.Printf("END\n\n")
	}

}

Output:

Header listing for HDU #0:
SIMPLE  = true                          / primary HDU
BITPIX  = 8                             / number of bits per data pixel
NAXIS   = 2                             / number of data axes
NAXIS1  = 50                            / length of data axis 1
NAXIS2  = 50                            / length of data axis 2
IMAGENBR= 0                             / image number
END

Header listing for HDU #1:
XTENSION= IMAGE                         / IMAGE extension
BITPIX  = 8                             / number of bits per data pixel
NAXIS   = 2                             / number of data axes
NAXIS1  = 50                            / length of data axis 1
NAXIS2  = 50                            / length of data axis 2
IMAGENBR= 1                             / image number
END
Example (OpenImage3x4F64) 
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"os"

	"codeberg.org/astrogo/fitsio"
)

func main() {
	f, err := os.Open("testdata/example.fits")
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("could not open file: %+v", err)
	}
	defer f.Close()

	fits, err := fitsio.Open(f)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("could not open FITS file: %+v", err)
	}
	defer fits.Close()

	var (
		hdu    = fits.HDU(0)
		hdr    = hdu.Header()
		img    = hdu.(fitsio.Image)
		bitpix = hdr.Bitpix()
		axes   = hdr.Axes()
	)
	fmt.Printf("bitpix: %d\n", bitpix)
	fmt.Printf("axes:   %v\n", axes)
	data := make([]float64, axes[0]*axes[1])
	err = img.Read(&data)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("could not read image: %+v", err)
	}
	fmt.Printf("data:   %v\n", data)

}

Output:

bitpix: -64
axes:   [3 4]
data:   [0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1]

Index

Examples

Constants

View Source 
const (
	ReadOnly  Mode = Mode(os.O_RDONLY) // open the file read-only
	WriteOnly      = Mode(os.O_WRONLY) // open the file write-only
	ReadWrite      = Mode(os.O_RDWR)   // open the file read-write
)

Variables

This section is empty.

Functions

func CopyHDU 

func CopyHDU(dst, src *File, i int) error

CopyHDU copies the i-th HDU from the src FITS file into the dst one.

func CopyTable 

func CopyTable(dst, src *Table) error

CopyTable copies all the rows from src into dst.

func CopyTableRange 

func CopyTableRange(dst, src *Table, beg, end int64) error

CopyTableRange copies the rows interval [beg,end) from src into dst

func NewImage 

func NewImage(bitpix int, axes []int) *imageHDU

NewImage creates a new Image with bitpix size for the pixels and axes as its axes

Types

type Card 

type Card struct {
	Name    string
	Value   Value
	Comment string
}

Card is a record block in a Header

type Column 

type Column struct {
	Name    string  // column name, corresponding to “TTYPE“ keyword
	Format  string  // column format, corresponding to “TFORM“ keyword
	Unit    string  // column unit, corresponding to “TUNIT“ keyword
	Null    string  // null value, corresponding to “TNULL“ keyword
	Bscale  float64 // bscale value, corresponding to “TSCAL“ keyword
	Bzero   float64 // bzero value, corresponding to “TZERO“ keyword
	Display string  // display format, corresponding to “TDISP“ keyword
	Dim     []int64 // column dimension corresponding to “TDIM“ keyword
	Start   int64   // column starting position, corresponding to “TBCOL“ keyword
	// contains filtered or unexported fields
}

Column represents a column in a FITS table

func NewColumn 

func NewColumn(name string, v interface{}) (Column, error)

NewColumn creates a new Column with name `name` and Format inferred from the type of value

func (*Column) Type 

func (col *Column) Type() reflect.Type

Type returns the Go reflect.Type associated with this Column

type Decoder 

type Decoder interface {
	DecodeHDU() (HDU, error)
}

func NewDecoder 

func NewDecoder(r io.Reader) Decoder

NewDecoder creates a new Decoder according to the capabilities of the underlying io.Reader

type Encoder 

type Encoder interface {
	EncodeHDU(hdu HDU) error
}

func NewEncoder 

func NewEncoder(w io.Writer) Encoder

NewEncoder creates a new Encoder according to the capabilities of the underlying io.Writer

type File 

type File struct {
	// contains filtered or unexported fields
}

File represents a FITS file.

func Create 

func Create(w io.Writer) (*File, error)

Create creates a new FITS file in write-only mode

func Open 

func Open(r io.Reader) (*File, error)

Open opens a FITS file in read-only mode.

func (*File) Close 

func (f *File) Close() error

Close releases resources held by a FITS file.

It does not close the underlying io.Reader or io.Writer.

func (*File) Get 

func (f *File) Get(name string) HDU

Get returns the HDU with name `name` or nil

func (*File) HDU 

func (f *File) HDU(i int) HDU

HDU returns the i-th HDU

func (*File) HDUs 

func (f *File) HDUs() []HDU

HDUs returns the list of all Header-Data Unit blocks in the file

func (*File) Has 

func (f *File) Has(name string) bool

Has returns whether the File has a HDU with name `name`.

func (*File) Mode 

func (f *File) Mode() Mode

Mode returns the access-mode of this FITS file

func (*File) Name 

func (f *File) Name() string

Name returns the name of the FITS file

func (*File) Write 

func (f *File) Write(hdu HDU) error

Write writes a HDU to file

type HDU 

type HDU interface {
	Close() error
	Type() HDUType
	Name() string
	Version() int
	Header() *Header
}

HDU is a "Header-Data Unit" block

type HDUType 

type HDUType int

HDUType is the type of a Header-Data Unit 

const (
	IMAGE_HDU  HDUType = iota // Primary Array or IMAGE HDU
	ASCII_TBL                 // ASCII table HDU
	BINARY_TBL                // Binary table HDU
	ANY_HDU                   // matches any HDU type
)

func (HDUType) String 

func (htype HDUType) String() string
type Header struct {
	// contains filtered or unexported fields
}

Header describes a Header-Data Unit of a FITS file

func NewDefaultHeader 

func NewDefaultHeader() *Header

NewDefaultHeader creates a Header with CFITSIO default Cards, of type IMAGE_HDU and bitpix=8, no axes.

func NewHeader 

func NewHeader(cards []Card, htype HDUType, bitpix int, axes []int) *Header

NewHeader creates a new Header from a set of Cards, HDU Type, bitpix and axes.

func (*Header) Append 

func (hdr *Header) Append(cards ...Card) error

Append appends a set of Cards to this Header

func (*Header) Axes 

func (hdr *Header) Axes() []int

Axes returns the axes for this Header.

func (*Header) Bitpix 

func (hdr *Header) Bitpix() int

Bitpix returns the bitpix value.

func (*Header) Card 

func (hdr *Header) Card(i int) *Card

Card returns the i-th card. Card panics if the index is out of range.

func (*Header) Clear 

func (hdr *Header) Clear()

Clear resets the Header to the default state.

func (*Header) Comment 

func (hdr *Header) Comment() string

Comment returns the whole comment string for this Header.

func (*Header) Get 

func (hdr *Header) Get(n string) *Card

Get returns the Card with name n or nil if it doesn't exist. If multiple cards with the same name exist, the first one is returned.

func (*Header) History 

func (hdr *Header) History() string

History returns the whole history string for this Header.

func (*Header) Index 

func (hdr *Header) Index(n string) int

Index returns the index of the Card with name n, or -1 if it doesn't exist

func (*Header) Keys 

func (hdr *Header) Keys() []string

Keys returns the name of all the Cards of this Header.

func (*Header) Set 

func (hdr *Header) Set(n string, v interface{}, comment string)

Set modifies the value and comment of a Card with name n.

func (*Header) Text 

func (hdr *Header) Text() string

Text returns the header's cards content as 80-byte lines

func (*Header) Type 

func (hdr *Header) Type() HDUType

Type returns the Type of this Header

type Image 

type Image interface {
	HDU
	Read(ptr interface{}) error
	Write(ptr interface{}) error
	Raw() []byte
	Image() image.Image
	// contains filtered or unexported methods
}

Image represents a FITS image

func NewPrimaryHDU 

func NewPrimaryHDU(hdr *Header) (Image, error)

NewPrimaryHDU creates a new PrimaryHDU with Header hdr. If hdr is nil, a default Header will be created.

type Mode 

type Mode int

Mode defines a FITS file access mode (r/w)

type Reader 

type Reader struct {
	// contains filtered or unexported fields
}

func NewReader 

func NewReader(r io.Reader) *Reader

type Rows 

type Rows struct {
	// contains filtered or unexported fields
}

Rows is the result of a query on a FITS Table. Its cursors starts before the first row of the result set. Use Next to advance through the rows: 

rows, err := table.Read(0, -1)
...
for rows.Next() {
    var id int
    var x float64
    err = rows.Scan(&id, &x)
    ...
}
err = rows.Err() // get any error encountered during iteration
...

func (*Rows) Close 

func (rows *Rows) Close() error

Close closes the Rows, preventing further enumeration. Close is idempotent and does not affect the result of Err.

func (*Rows) Err 

func (rows *Rows) Err() error

Err returns the error, if any, that was encountered during iteration. Err may be called after an explicit or implicit Close.

func (*Rows) Next 

func (rows *Rows) Next() bool

Next prepares the next result row for reading with the Scan method. It returns true on success, false if there is no next result row. Every call to Scan, even the first one, must be preceded by a call to Next.

func (*Rows) Scan 

func (rows *Rows) Scan(args ...interface{}) error

Scan copies the columns in the current row into the values pointed at by dest.

type Table 

type Table struct {
	// contains filtered or unexported fields
}

func NewTable 

func NewTable(name string, cols []Column, hdutype HDUType) (*Table, error)

NewTable creates a new table in the given FITS file

func NewTableFrom 

func NewTableFrom(name string, v Value, hdutype HDUType) (*Table, error)

NewTableFrom creates a new table in the given FITS file, using the struct v as schema

func (*Table) Close 

func (t *Table) Close() error

Close closes this HDU, cleaning up cycles (if any) for garbage collection

func (*Table) Col 

func (t *Table) Col(i int) *Column

func (*Table) Cols 

func (t *Table) Cols() []Column

func (*Table) Data 

func (t *Table) Data() (Value, error)

Data returns the image payload

func (*Table) Header 

func (t *Table) Header() *Header

Header returns the Header part of this HDU block.

func (*Table) Index 

func (t *Table) Index(n string) int

Index returns the index of the first column with name `n` or -1

func (*Table) Name 

func (t *Table) Name() string

Name returns the value of the 'EXTNAME' Card.

func (*Table) NumCols 

func (t *Table) NumCols() int

func (*Table) NumRows 

func (t *Table) NumRows() int64

func (*Table) Read 

func (t *Table) Read(beg, end int64) (*Rows, error)

Read reads rows over the range [beg, end) and returns the corresponding iterator. if end > maxrows, the iteration will stop at maxrows ReadRange has the same semantics than a `for i=0; i < max; i++ {...}` loop

func (*Table) ReadRange 

func (t *Table) ReadRange(beg, end, inc int64) (*Rows, error)

ReadRange reads rows over the range [beg, end) and returns the corresponding iterator. if end > maxrows, the iteration will stop at maxrows ReadRange has the same semantics than a `for i=0; i < max; i+=inc {...}` loop

func (*Table) Type 

func (t *Table) Type() HDUType

Type returns the Type of this HDU

func (*Table) Version 

func (t *Table) Version() int

Version returns the value of the 'EXTVER' Card (or 1 if none)

func (*Table) Write 

func (t *Table) Write(args ...interface{}) error

Write writes the data into the columns at the current row.

type Type 

type Type struct {
	// contains filtered or unexported fields
}

Type describes a FITS type and its associated Go type

type Value 

type Value interface{}

Source Files

View all Source files

Directories

Path Synopsis
cmd
go-fitsio-fitscopy command
go-fitsio-listhead command
go-fitsio-mergefiles command
go-fitsio-tablist command
fltimg provides image.Image implementations for the float32- and float64-image encodings of FITS.
 fltimg provides image.Image implementations for the float32- and float64-image encodings of FITS.

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