# get_mask

`pyregion.``get_mask`(region, hdu, origin=1)

  Get mask.

  Parameters:

  region : `ShapeList`

  > List of `Shape`

  hdu : `ImageHDU`

  > FITS image HDU

  origin : float

  > TODO: document me

  Returns:

  mask : `array`

  > Boolean mask

  Examples

      >>> from astropy.io import fits
      >>> from pyregion import read_region_as_imagecoord, get_mask
      >>> hdu = fits.open("test.fits")[0]
      >>> region = "test01.reg"
      >>> reg = read_region_as_imagecoord(open(region), f[0].header)
      >>> mask = get_mask(reg, hdu)