# ParaView's default reader selection

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraviews-default-reader-selection/7210
**Category:** Development
**Tags:** proposal
**Created:** [May 11, 2021, 6:34pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraviews-default-reader-selection/7210 "2021-05-11T18:34:01Z")
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### Author: ![ben.boeckel](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@ben.boeckel](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/ben.boeckel)
#### Post date: [May 11, 2021, 7:11pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/paraviews-default-reader-selection/7210/6 "2021-05-11T19:11:34Z")

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> [@ben.boeckel](#):
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> I think the tests poking some internal mechanism with a filepath and a reader name is probably far better.

Actually, Python has to have this functionality already, right? Or does `Select Reader` pop up in a generic “Open this path” API call?

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