Opening files

Files can be opened by accessing the parent directory:

remote_dir = hdfstream.open("https://localhost:8443/hdfstream", "/")
remote_file = remote_dir["path/to/file.hdf5"]

or we can open a file directly with the hdfstream.open() function:

remote_file = hdfstream.open("https://localhost:8443/hdfstream", "/path/to/file.hdf5")

When accessing many files it’s better to open the parent directory because then file and directory metadata can be cached in the top level directory object. This reduces the number of requests to the server.