# Reading a CGNS file in Python

**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/t/reading-a-cgns-file-in-python/6938
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [October 22, 2021, 11:17am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/reading-a-cgns-file-in-python/6938 "2021-10-22T11:17:39Z")
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### Author: ![Procyon](https://discourse.vtk.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@Procyon](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/Procyon)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2021, 11:17am UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/reading-a-cgns-file-in-python/6938/1 "2021-10-22T11:17:39Z")

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Hello,

I would like to read/import a CGNS file using the VTK Python bindings, but I did not find a vtkCGNSReader() method in the Python vtk module. Using vtkGenericDataClassReader does not work either.

It is a HDF5 CGNS file.

How do I do it?