The HDF5 library is a versatile, mature library designed for the storage of numerical data. The h5py package provides a simple, Pythonic interface to HDF5. A straightforward high-level interface allows the manipulation of HDF5 files, groups and datasets using established Python and NumPy metaphors.

Additionally, the library offers a low-level interface which exposes the majority of the HDF5 C API in a Pythonic, object-oriented fashion. This interface is documented in the low-level API reference.

Contents:

• User Guide
  • Installation guide
  • Quick Start Guide
  • Reference Documentation
  • Licenses and legal info
• Low-level API reference
  • Version of this documentation
  • Low-level API reference
  • Library organization
  • Data Conversion