dvc_api_open_remote_http_file_from_github_repo.py

1import dvc.api
2
3# This example demonstrates how to open and read a file tracked by DVC 
4# hosted on a remote repository via the HTTP protocol.
5resource_url = 'https://github.com/iterative/dataset-registry'
6path = 'get-started/data.xml'
7
8with dvc.api.open(
9    path=path,
10    repo=resource_url,
11    mode='r'
12) as fd:
13    # Read the first 100 characters of the file
14    content = fd.read(100)
15    print(content)