bagpy 0.2.1a0

A python class to facilitate the reading of rosbag file based on semantic datatypes.

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# bagpy __A Python package to facilitate the reading of a rosbag file based on semantic datatypes.__

__`bagpy`__ provides a wrapper class bagreader written in python that provides an easy to use interface for reading [bag files](http://wiki.ros.org/Bags) recorded by rosbag record command. This wrapper class uses ROS’s python API rosbag internally to perform all operations. One of the interesting features about using __`bagreader`__ is that a user doesn’t need to supply [rostopic name](http://wiki.ros.org/rostopic) to extract relevant data. One can extract data based on the type of data the user is seeking.

## Usage principle The philosophy behind developing this project is to make everything as simple and less confusing as possible. As a result, there are not too many options or freedom of usage being provided by __`bagreader`__ class. If you need a wide variety of options, users can directly use ROS’s rosbag python package or Robotics System Toolbox APIs provided by MATLAB. However, if you are looking for simplicity, __`bagpy`__ is an elegant choice.