[pdal] Python API

[Howard Butler]

As Paul says, there isn't a comprehensive one. The API surface is quite small, and if you ask your favorite LLM, you're likely to get something that's quite reasonable.

The best examples of specific things are in the tests.

> On Apr 13, 2026, at 10:05 AM, Paul Harwood via pdal <pdal at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
> 
> The main and, as far as I know, only reference is the GitHub readme https://github.com/PDAL/python.
> 
> Paul 
> 
> On Mon, 13 Apr 2026, 15:43 lefsky--- via pdal, <pdal at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:pdal at lists.osgeo.org>> wrote:
>> I'd like to use the Python API for my work with pdal, but I haven't found a comprehensive reference for it. Can anyone point me in the correct direction? 
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> Michael 
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