access private _parse_pvgis_tmy_csv() function as read_pvgis_tmy_csv() #880
Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
someone sent me a csv file they downloaded from pvgis, and I needed to parse it, so I had to call the private methods like this:
>>> from pvlib.iotools.pvgis import _parse_pvgis_tmy_csv
>>> with (path_to_folder / 'pvgis_tmy_lat_lon_years.csv').open('rb') as f:
pvgis_data = _parse_pvgis_tmy_csv(f)Describe the solution you'd like
If I need this, others may also. I think a public method that takes either a string or a buffer could be useful? Something called read_pvgis_tmy_csv()
Describe alternatives you've considered
I was able to do it by just calling the private function and it worked, so that's an alternative also