pynetdicom.dsutils.encode

pynetdicom.dsutils.encode(ds: Dataset, is_implicit_vr: bool, is_little_endian: bool, deflated: bool = False) → Optional[bytes][source]

Encode a pydicom Dataset ds.

Changed in version 1.5: Added deflated keyword parameter

Parameters

  • ds (pydicom.dataset.Dataset) – The dataset to encode

  • is_implicit_vr (bool) – The element encoding scheme the dataset will be encoded with, True for implicit VR, False for explicit VR.

  • is_little_endian (bool) – The byte ordering the dataset will be encoded in, True for little endian, False for big endian.

  • deflated (bool, optional) – True if the dataset is to be encoded using Deflated Explicit VR Little Endian transfer syntax (default False).

Returns

The encoded dataset as bytes (if successful) or None if the encoding failed.

Return type

bytes or None