DataSource

Wraps an OGR Data Source object.

Attributes

Attribute	Type	Description
destructor	callable = capi.destroy_ds	The GDAL C API function used to destroy the OGR Data Source object and release its resources.
encoding	string = utf-8	The character encoding used for string data within the data source, defaulting to 'utf-8'.
ptr	pointer	The underlying pointer to the OGR Data Source object managed by this class.
driver	[Driver](../driver/driver.md?sid=django_contrib_gis_gdal_driver_driver)	The GDAL Driver instance used to open and manage this specific data source.
layer_count	integer	Return the number of layers in the data source.
name	string	Return the name of the data source.

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Constructor

Signature

def DataSource(
    ds_input: str, Path, or pointer,
    ds_driver: Driver pointer = False,
    write: boolean = False,
    encoding: string = "utf-8"
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
ds_input	str, Path, or pointer	The input data source, which can be a file path (string or Path object) or a raw pointer to an existing data source.
ds_driver	Driver pointer = False	An optional driver pointer used when initializing from an existing data source pointer.
write	boolean = False	A flag indicating whether to open the data source in update mode (True) or read-only mode (False).
encoding	string = "utf-8"	The character encoding to use for the data source.

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Methods

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layer_count()

@classmethod
def layer_count() - > int

Return the number of layers in the data source.

Returns

Type	Description
int	The integer count of layers present in the data source.

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name()

@classmethod
def name() - > str

Return the name of the data source.

Returns

Type	Description
str	The file path or connection string name of the data source, decoded using the instance encoding.

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