pvlib.iotools.read_pvgis_hourly#
- pvlib.iotools.read_pvgis_hourly(filename, pvgis_format=None, map_variables=True)[source]#
Read a PVGIS hourly file.
- Parameters:
filename (str, pathlib.Path, or file-like buffer) – Name, path, or buffer of hourly data file downloaded from PVGIS.
pvgis_format (str, optional) – Format of PVGIS file or buffer. Equivalent to the
outputformat
parameter in the PVGIS API. Iffilename
is a file andpvgis_format
is not specified then the file extension will be used to determine the PVGIS format to parse. Iffilename
is a buffer, thenpvgis_format
is required and must be in['csv', 'json']
.map_variables (bool, default True) – When true, renames columns of the DataFrame to pvlib variable names where applicable. See variable
VARIABLE_MAP
.
- Returns:
data (pandas.DataFrame) – the time series data
inputs (dict) – the inputs
metadata (dict) – metadata
Warning
The azimuth orientation specified in the output metadata does not correspond to the pvlib convention, but is offset 180 degrees.
- Raises:
ValueError – if
pvgis_format
is not specified and the file extension is neither.csv
nor.json
or ifpvgis_format
is provided as input but isn’t in['csv', 'json']
TypeError – if
pvgis_format
is not specified andfilename
is a buffer
See also