{"id":21427,"library":"hbreader","title":"Honey Badger Reader","description":"Honey Badger reader (hbreader) is a Python utility that opens and reads files, URLs, and strings seamlessly. Current version 0.9.1 works with Python >=3.7 and provides a unified interface for reading from various sources. Release cadence is low, with initial release in 2021.","status":"active","version":"0.9.1","language":"python","source_language":"en","source_url":"https://github.com/hsolbrig/hbreader","tags":["io","file-reading","url-reading","string-reading"],"install":[{"cmd":"pip install hbreader","lang":"bash","label":"PyPI installation"}],"dependencies":[],"imports":[{"note":"Import the main class","symbol":"HBReader","correct":"from hbreader import HBReader"}],"quickstart":{"code":"from hbreader import HBReader\n\nreader = HBReader()\ncontent = reader.read_file('example.txt')\nprint(content)","lang":"python","description":"Read a local file using HBReader."},"warnings":[{"fix":"Use read_fd() for file descriptors or read_stream() for file objects.","message":"HBReader.read_file() expects a file path, not a file-like object. Passing a file object will fail.","severity":"gotcha","affected_versions":"all"},{"fix":"Install requests: pip install requests","message":"URL reading requires the requests library to be installed. If missing, reading URLs will raise ImportError.","severity":"gotcha","affected_versions":"all"}],"env_vars":null,"last_verified":"2026-04-27T00:00:00.000Z","next_check":"2026-07-26T00:00:00.000Z","problems":[{"fix":"Install with pip install hbreader","cause":"Package not installed or misspelled.","error":"ImportError: No module named hbreader"},{"fix":"Use reader.read() or check documentation for available methods.","cause":"Incorrect method name or outdated version.","error":"AttributeError: 'HBReader' object has no attribute 'read_file'"}],"ecosystem":"pypi","meta_description":null,"install_score":null,"install_tag":null,"quickstart_score":null,"quickstart_tag":null}