Data utilities

Helper functions to download and manage datasets.

dynn.data.data_util.download_if_not_there(file, url, path, force=False, local_file=None)

Downloads a file from the given url if and only if the file doesn’t already exist in the provided path or force=True

Parameters:

• file (str) – File name
• url (str) – Url where the file can be found (without the filename)
• path (str) – Path to the local folder where the file should be stored
• force (bool, optional) – Force the file download (useful if you suspect that the file might have changed)
• file – File name for the local file (defaults to file)