skbio.util.get_data_path¶

skbio.util.get_data_path(fn, subfolder='data')[source]¶

Return path to filename fn in the data folder.

State: Experimental as of 0.4.0.

During testing it is often necessary to load data files. This function returns the full path to files in the data subfolder by default.

Parameters:	fn (str) – File name. subfolder (str, defaults to data) – Name of the subfolder that contains the data.
Returns:	Inferred absolute path to the test data for the module where get_data_path(fn) is called.
Return type:	str

Notes

The requested path may not point to an existing file, as its existence is not checked.