niprov.discovery module

niprov.discovery.discover(root, dependencies=<niprov.dependencies.Dependencies object>)

Search a directory for image files, and add them to your provenance collection.

Files are only included if they match the filters in the ‘discover_file_extensions’ settings. Refer to niprov.add for details on what happens to individual files.

Parameters:root (str) – The top directory in which to look for new files.