Honey Badger Reader

0.9.1 verified Mon Apr 27 auth: no python

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.

pip install hbreader

Common errors

error ImportError: No module named hbreader ↓

cause Package not installed or misspelled.

fix

Install with pip install hbreader

error AttributeError: 'HBReader' object has no attribute 'read_file' ↓

cause Incorrect method name or outdated version.

fix

Use reader.read() or check documentation for available methods.

Warnings

gotcha HBReader.read_file() expects a file path, not a file-like object. Passing a file object will fail. ↓

fix Use read_fd() for file descriptors or read_stream() for file objects.

gotcha URL reading requires the requests library to be installed. If missing, reading URLs will raise ImportError. ↓

fix Install requests: pip install requests

Imports

HBReader
```
from hbreader import HBReader
```
Import the main class

Quickstart

Read a local file using HBReader.

from hbreader import HBReader

reader = HBReader()
content = reader.read_file('example.txt')
print(content)