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kaitaistruct_binary_file_parsing_quickstart_example.py

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kaitaistruct_binary_file_parsing_quickstart_example.py
1# 1. Import the generated class and the Kaitai Stream runtime
2from my_format import MyFormat
3from kaitaistruct import KaitaiStream, BytesIO
4
5# 2. Open a file or provide a byte buffer
6with open("path/to/file.bin", "rb") as f:
7    # 3. Initialize the KaitaiStream with the file object
8    stream = KaitaiStream(f)
9    
10    # 4. Instantiate the generated parser class
11    data = MyFormat(stream)
12    
13    # 5. Access the parsed data fields
14    print(f"Header: {data.header}")
15    print(f"Body length: {len(data.body)}")