pygmt.clib.Session.write_data¶

Session.write_data(self, family, geometry, mode, wesn, output, data)[source]¶

Write a GMT data container to a file.

The data container should be created by create_data.

Wraps GMT_Write_Data but only allows writing to a file. So the method argument is omitted.

Parameters:

family : str: A valid GMT data family name (e.g., 'GMT_IS_DATASET'). See the data_families attribute for valid names. Don’t use the GMT_VIA_VECTOR or GMT_VIA_MATRIX constructs for this. Use GMT_IS_VECTOR and GMT_IS_MATRIX instead.
geometry : str: A valid GMT data geometry name (e.g., 'GMT_IS_POINT'). See the data_geometries attribute for valid names.
mode : str: How the data is to be written to the file. This option varies depending on the given family. See the GMT API documentation for details.
wesn : list or numpy array: [xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax, zmin, zmax] of the data. Must have 6 elements.
output : str: The output file name.
data : ctypes.c_void_p: Pointer to the data container created by create_data.

Raises:

GMTCLibError: For invalid input arguments or if the GMT API functions returns a non-zero status code.