pynwb.validate module¶
Command line tool to Validate an NWB file against a namespace.
- pynwb.validate.validate(io=None, namespace=None, paths=None, use_cached_namespaces=True, verbose=False, driver=None)[source]¶
Validate NWB file(s) against a namespace or its cached namespaces.
NOTE: If an io object is provided and no namespace name is specified, then the file will be validated against the core namespace, even if use_cached_namespaces is True.
- Parameters:
io (
HDMFIO) – An open IO to an NWB file.namespace (
str) – A specific namespace to validate against.paths (
list) – List of NWB file paths.use_cached_namespaces (
bool) – Whether to use namespaces cached within the file for validation.verbose (
bool) – Whether or not to print messages to stdout.driver (
str) – Driver for h5py to use when opening the HDF5 file.
- Returns:
Validation errors in the file.
- Return type: