cfelpyutils.crystfel_utils module

Utilities for interoperability with data formats used in the CrystFEL software package.

This module currently contains a python reimplementation of the get_detector_geometry_2 function from CrystFEL.

cfelpyutils.crystfel_utils.load_crystfel_geometry(filename)

Load a CrystFEL geometry file into a dictionary.

Reimplementation of the get_detector_geometry_2 function from CrystFEL in python. Return a dictionary with the geometry information read from the file. Convert entries in the geometry file to keys in the returned dictionary. For a full documentation on the CrystFEL geometry format, see:

http://www.desy.de/~twhite/crystfel/manual-crystfel_geometry.html

The code of this function is synced with the code of the function ‘get_detector_geometry_2’ in CrystFEL at commit 41a8fa9819010fe8ddeb66676fee717f5226c7b8.

Parameters:filename (str) – filename of the geometry file. Returns:dictionary with the geometry information loaded from the file. Return type:dict