shapely.is_geometry

is_geometry(geometry, **kwargs)

Return True if the object is a geometry.

Parameters:

geometryany object or array_like

Geometry or geometries to check.

**kwargs

See NumPy ufunc docs for other keyword arguments.

See also

is_missing

check if an object is missing (None)

is_valid_input

check if an object is a geometry or None

Examples

>>> import shapely
>>> from shapely import GeometryCollection, Point
>>> shapely.is_geometry(Point(0, 0))
True
>>> shapely.is_geometry(GeometryCollection())
True
>>> shapely.is_geometry(None)
False
>>> shapely.is_geometry("text")
False