validate

astropy.io.votable.validate(source, output=None, xmllint=False, filename=None)

Prints a validation report for the given file.

Parameters:

source : str or readable file-like object

Path to a VOTABLE xml file.

output : writable file-like object, optional

Where to output the report. Defaults to sys.stdout. If None, the output will be returned as a string.

xmllint : bool, optional

When True, also send the file to xmllint for schema and DTD validation. Requires that xmllint is installed. The default is False. source must be a file on the local filesystem in order for xmllint to work.

filename : str, optional

A filename to use in the error messages. If not provided, one will be automatically determined from source.

Returns:

is_valid : bool or str

Returns True if no warnings were found. If output is None, the return value will be a string.