fsspec / fsspec/filesystem_spec
Support a `get_filesystem` API?
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Description
We often have this pattern:
def get_filesystem(path: str, **kwargs: Any) -> fsspec.AbstractFileSystem:
"""Returns the appropriate filesystem to use when handling the given path."""
fs, _ = url_to_fs(path, **kwargs)
return fs
This would be more convenient for callers than needing to handle the multiple outputs (filesystem, urlpath) returned by url_to_fs Would it be possible to offer this directly in the core fsspec APIs?
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Research direction
Start by locating the core url_to_fs API and its public exports. Check how existing filesystem helpers are tested and documented, then verify that a get_filesystem(path, **kwargs) entry point returns the filesystem while preserving the accepted arguments and behavior of url_to_fs.
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- Tech stack
- python
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- api
- Issue type
- Feature
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- 3/5
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- 1-2 days
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