bids.layout.BIDSJSONFile

class BIDSJSONFile(filename)

Represents a single JSON metadata file in a BIDS dataset.

Derived from BIDSFile and provides additional functionality for reading the contents of JSON files as either dicts or strings.

Attributes:

class_

dirname

filename

is_dir

path

relpath

Return path relative to layout root

tags

Methods

copy(path_patterns[, symbolic_link, root, ...])	Copy the contents of a file to a new location.
get_associations([kind, include_parents])	Get associated files, optionally limiting by association kind.
get_dict()	Return the contents of the current file as a dictionary.
get_entities([metadata, values])	Return entity information for the current file.
get_json()	Return the contents of the current file as a JSON string.
get_metadata()	Return all metadata associated with the current file.

__init__(filename)

A simple constructor that allows initialization from kwargs.

Sets attributes on the constructed instance using the names and values in kwargs.

Only keys that are present as attributes of the instance’s class are allowed. These could be, for example, any mapped columns or relationships.

Methods

__init__(filename)	A simple constructor that allows initialization from kwargs.
copy(path_patterns[, symbolic_link, root, ...])	Copy the contents of a file to a new location.
get_associations([kind, include_parents])	Get associated files, optionally limiting by association kind.
get_dict()	Return the contents of the current file as a dictionary.
get_entities([metadata, values])	Return entity information for the current file.
get_json()	Return the contents of the current file as a JSON string.
get_metadata()	Return all metadata associated with the current file.

Attributes

class_
dirname
entities
filename
is_dir
metadata
path
registry
relpath	Return path relative to layout root
tags